Cowling, Craven

For the other village of the same name in North Yorkshire, see Cowling, Hambleton.

Coordinates: 53°52′59″N 2°02′49″W / 53.883100°N 2.047000°W / 53.883100; -2.047000

Cowling
Cowling  Cowling shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD969429
Parish	Cowling
District	Craven
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KEIGHLEY
Postcode district	BD22
Dialling code	01535
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Skipton & Ripon
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Cowling is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is a village consisting of 1,000 to 2,000 residents. The village is expanding due to new housing built around the outskirts of the village. The village comprises two shops, one pub, two restaurants, a chip shop, a chemist's, a hairdresser's and a village hall.

History

The village is Saxon in origin and is recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Collinge'. The name means Coll's people or tribe. At the time of the Norman Conquest the main landowner was Gamel who had very large land holdings in Yorkshire. His name survives in Gamsgill on the northern edge of the village.

Originally the village comprised three separate hamlets namely Ickornshaw, Middleton, Gill and Cowling Hill. It was only following the construction of the main Keighley to Colne road (A6068) and the building of large mills alongside the road that what is now regarded as the main village was constructed providing terraced cottage homes for the mill workers. The older parts of the village faded in importance and as a result the parish church and village school are located on what appears to be the outskirts of the village between Ickornshaw and Middleton, the centre of the village having moved since their construction.

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. 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

Philip Snowden, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the first two Labour governments, was born in the village; when awarded a viscountcy in 1931, his full title was "Viscount Snowden, of Ickornshaw in the West Riding of Yorkshire". Snowden's ashes were scattered on Ickornshaw Moor and there is a memorial cairn to Snowden to mark the fact that he "died in the love of his native land".^[1]

References

1. ^ Colin Cross, "Philip Snowden", Barrie & Rockliff, 1966, p. 345.

External links

• Cowling Village Website
• Drystone Radio Website

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