Official Name: | Cowpen Bewley |
Type: | Village |
Civil Parish: | Billingham |
Constituency Westminster: | Stockton North |
Unitary England: | Stockton-on-Tees |
Lieutenancy England: | Durham |
Region: | North East England |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | BILLINGHAM |
Postcode Area: | TS |
Postcode District: | TS23 |
Os Grid Reference: | NZ482246 |
Coordinates: | 54.614°N -1.255°W |
Static Image Name: | Cowpen Bewley village green - geograph.org.uk - 3208477.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The village green |
Cowpen Bewley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Billingham, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 706.[1]
Cowpen-Bewley was formerly a township in the parish of Billingham,[2] from 1866 Cowpen Bewley was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Billingham and Newton Bewley.[3]
The only non-residential building in the village is a public house. It has a woodland park, the nearest school is St Michael's Academy and a light industry estate is to the south west.