Cowlam Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.0764°N -0.5266°W
Official Name:Cowlam
Static Image:St Mary Cowlam.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church, Cowlam
Civil Parish:Cottam
Unitary England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Lieutenancy England:East Riding of Yorkshire
Constituency Westminster:East Yorkshire
Post Town:DRIFFIELD
Postcode District:YO25
Postcode Area:YO
Dial Code:01377
Os Grid Reference:SE965655
London Distance Mi:175
London Direction:S

Cowlam is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cottam, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and in the Yorkshire Wolds. The hamlet is on the B1253 Bridlington to North Grimston road, 17miles north from the county town of Beverley, 2miles east from the village of Sledmere, and 2.5miles north-west from the parish hamlet of Cottam. The hamlet contains eight houses and two farms.[1]

History

Older names for the settlement were 'Colume' and 'Coleham', and the Domesday Book lists the manor as 'Colnun'. Cowlam in 1066 was in the Hundred of Toreshou, of eighteen geld units—taxable units assessed by hide area—and contained 5.6 households and three ploughlands. In 1066 the lordship was held by Ketilbert, who held thirteen manors in the north of Yorkshire. Cowlam was transferred in 1086 directly to king William I.[1]

Cowlam was previously a Bronze Age encampment, evidenced by earthworks, 0.5miles from the hamlet, and a later medieval village that was deserted in the late 17th century.[1] [2]

In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 47.[3] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Cottam.[4]

The church of St Mary at Cowlam is one of the churches on the Sykes Churches Trail.[5] It is a small medieval church with a Norman font, and was restored in 1852 to a design by Mary E. Sykes, daughter of Sir Tatton Sykes, 4th Baronet. The living of the parish was held by the family of Barnard Foord Bowes.[6] In 1966 the church was designated a Grade II listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_cowlam.htm "Cowlam"
  2. Web site: Cowlam . Beresford's Lost Villages . University of Hull . 15 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180615190700/https://www.dmv.hull.ac.uk/dmvDetail.cfm?dbkey=4853&search=Cowlam . 15 June 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: Population statistics Cowlam CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 13 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Relationships and changes Cowlam CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 13 May 2024.
  5. News: Sykes Churches Trail Southern Route. East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group. 5 October 2009-->. Beverley, East Yorkshire.
  6. Web site: Lewis . Samuel . 'Cowgill - Coxley', in A Topographical Dictionary of England . British History Online . 8 August 2022.