Cowling, West Riding
| Cowling | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity Church, Cowling | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD969429 |
| Location: | 53°52’59"N, 2°2’49"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,355 (2011) |
| Post town: | Keighley |
| Postcode: | BD22 |
| Dialling code: | 01535 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Skipton and Ripon |
Cowling is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, close to the border of Lancashire.
The village populaiton was counted as 2,355 in the 2011 Census. The village is expanding due to new housing being built in the middle of the village. It is a place with a few local shops, a village hall, and a primary school,
The parish church, the Church of the Holy Trinity, which is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The village is Saxon in origin and is recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Collinge'. The name means Coll's people or tribe. At the time of the Norman conquest the main landowner was Gamel who had very large land holdings in Yorkshire. His name survives in Gamsgill on the northern edge of the village.
Originally the village comprised three separate hamlets namely Ickornshaw, Middleton, Gill and Cowling Hill. It was only following the construction of the main Keighley to Colne road (the A6068) and the building of large mills alongside the road that what is now regarded as the main village was constructed providing terraced cottage homes for the mill workers. The older parts of the village faded in importance and as a result the parish church and primary school are located on what appears to be the outskirts of the village between Ickornshaw and Middleton, the centre of the village having moved since their construction.
The mills continued to operate and to provide the main source of local employment until the end of the 20th century but are now all closed down and their sites largely redeveloped for housing and the village hall. The village is now very much a dormitory village for those working in the surrounding towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire
Society and media
A gala is held in Cowling every year.
The village is the base for a licensed community radio station, Drystone Radio.
Pictures
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cowling, West Riding) |
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Former butcher's shop -
Cowling -
Cowling Gala, 2007 -
Wainman's Pinnacle, a stone obelisk near Cowling -
Lund's Tower, near Cowling
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Outside links
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1316971: Church of Holy Trinity (Grade II listing)