Cowbit
| Cowbit | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Spalding | |
| Postcode district | PE12 | |
| Police | Lincolnshire | |
| Fire | Lincolnshire | |
| Ambulance | East Midlands | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Cowbit (locally pronounced Cubbit) is a village and
South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,220.[2] It is situated 3 miles (5 km) south from Spalding and 5 miles (8 km) north from Crowland
.
Cowbit falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings
Internal Drainage Board
.
Cowbit
St Guthlac, being a boundary marker for the earlier lands of Crowland Abbey.[5]
The village contains a Grade II listed early 19th-century mill,[6] a Church of England primary school, public play area, village hall, a garage, and a village store.
On 16 October 2011 work was completed on a new bypass for the
A1073,[7] which previously ran through the village. This new route has been re-designated to form part of the A16
.
Cowbit previously had a railway station on Spalding to March line; the line is no longer in use.
Cowbit
Storm Henk the River Welland breached its banks near Crowland
subsequently flooding the wash for the very first time since 1947.
Since Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 there has been a punt gun salute over Cowbit Wash every coronation and jubilee, concurrent with gun salutes in London, including the June 2012 Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1064482)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 107; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ a b c Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 369
- ^ Historic England. "Mill (1359258)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ "A1073 – Spalding to Eye Improvement", Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 19 July 2011
- Geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011
- ^ "History of Cowbit... So Far..." Cowbit Village Website. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Punt gun". HistorianBook. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ Hodge, Jean (9 June 2012). "Wildfowlers bring out the big guns for celebration". Spalding Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
External links
Media related to Cowbit at Wikimedia Commons- "Cowbit", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011
- Cowbit School
- Cowbit Village Website
