Cowling, Craven
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Cowling (/ˈkoʊlɪŋ/ COH-ling) is a village, electoral division and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the borders with the adjacent counties of West Yorkshire, and Lancashire.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is a village consisting of 2,000 to 3,000 residents, measured at 2,355 in the Census 2011.[2] The village is expanding due to new housing being built in the middle of the village. Cowling includes a variety of services to support the community including a village hall, primary school, shops, a pub, a restaurant, a pizza take-away, and hairdressers. A gala is held in Cowling every year.
History
The village is
Originally the village comprised three separate hamlets namely Ickornshaw,
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 West Yorkshire and East Lancashire. It is the base for a licensed community radio station, Drystone Radio.
Famous people from Cowling
Gallery
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Former butcher's shop, Keighley Road, Cowling
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Cowling
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Cowling Gala, 2007
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Wainman's Pinnacle, a stone obelisk near Cowling, often referred to as Cowling Pinnacle
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Lund's Tower, near Cowling
References
- ^ Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity (1316971)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ Back sleeve of the vinyl First o't'sort, 1978, Logo Records, LTRA 505 Mono
- ^ Colin Cross, "Philip Snowden", Barrie & Rockliff, 1966, p. 34
- ^ Historic England. "Snowdon Memorial (1131806)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 June 2021.