Cowgill, W.R. (4) a small hamlet
in the township and parish of Gisburn,
wapentake of Staincliffe, 3 miles S. W.
from Gisburn.

Cowick, W.R. (8) a township in
the parish of Snaith, wapentake of
Osgoldcross, 1§ mile S. from Snaith;
inhabitants, 905 ; Cowick with Snaith,
has a peculiar jurisdiction over several
neighbouring villages. Cowick Hall is
the mansion of Lord Viscount Downe,
situated in a flat but fertile country.

Cowlam, or Coldham, E. R. (6)
a parish and township in the wapentake
of Buckrose, 6 miles N. W. from Drif-
field ; inhabitants, 33 ; a rectory, va-
lue 11/. 11s. 3</.; patron, B. Foord
Bowes, Esq.

Cowling, N.R. (2) a hamlet in the
township of Burrell, parish of Bedale,
wapentake of Hang East, 2 miles W.
from Bedale.

Cowling, W. R. (4) a township in
the parish of Kildwick, wapentake of
Staincliffe, 6 miles S. from Skipton;
inhabitants, 1870. The considerable
population of this township is chiefly
occupied in the cotton manufacture.
Car Head, near the village, is the seat
of R. B. Wainman, Esq.

Cowmes, W. R. (7) a small hamlet
and mill in the township of Lepton, pa-
rish of Kirkheaton, wapentake of Ag-
brigg, 2 miles S.E. from Huddersfield.

Cow Royd, or Royd’s Hill, W.R.
(8) a small hamlet in the township of
Dalton, parish of Kirkheaton, wapen-
take of Agbrigg, 2 miles N. E. from
Huddersfield.

Cowsby, N.R. (2) a parish and
township in the wapentake of Bird-
forth, 5§ miles N. E. from Northaller-
ton; inhabitants, 91; a rectory, value
5/. 115. Off/.; patron, Thomas Alston,
Esq. Here is a hospital for decayed
tenants, supposed to have been founded
by Lord Crew.

Cowthorpe, W. R. (5) a parish
and township in the wapentake of Claro,
4 miles N. from Wetherby; inhabi-
tants, 120; a rectory, value 4/. 15s.
lGf/.; patron, the Hon. Edward Petre.
This village is remarkable on account
of an enormous tree, called the Cow-
thorpe Oak, the circumference of which,
near the ground, is 60 feet; the trunk,
however, and the principal branches of
this venerable father of the forest, are
completely decayed, and tradition re-
presents their having been so for many
generations.

Cowton, East, or Long, N. R.
(2) a parish and township in the wa-
pentake of Giiling East, 9 miles N. W.
from Northallerton ; inhabitants, 358;
a vicarage, value 4/. 6s. 10§d.; patron,
the Trustees of St. John’s Hospital,
Kirkby Ravensworth.

Cowton, North, N. R. (2) a
township in the parish of Gilling, wa-
pentake of Gilling East, 8 miles N. W.
from Northallerton; inhabitants, 270.

Cowton, South, N. R. (2) a
township in the parish of Gilling, wa-
pentake of Gilling East, 8 miles N. W.
from Northallerton ; inhabitants, 148 ;
a chapelry to Gilling. Here is Pepper
Hall, the spacious and elegant mansion
of John Arden, Esq. North and South
Cowton are separated from Gilling by
the intervening extensive parish of Cat-
terick.

Coxwold, N. R. (5) a parish and
township in the wapentake of Birdforth,
5 miles N. from Easingwold; inhabi-
tants, 348; a perpetual curacy; patron,
T. E. W. Belasyse, Esq. The church is
an ancient building, with an octagonal
tower; it contains many handsome
monuments of the Belasyse family,
Earls of Fauconberg. Here is a free
school, founded by Sir John Harte,
Alderman of London, in 1603 ; and
also a neat hospital, founded in 1696,
by Thomas. Earl of Fauconberg, for
ten poor men; there is also an hospital
for eight poor women. In 1760 Lau-
rence Sterne was presented to the cu-
racy of this place, and wrote here Tris-
tram Shandy. Coxwold contains the