Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 53.781666
longitude = -0.517169
official_name = Rowley
population = 1,030 (2001 census)
civil_parish = Rowley
unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster = Haltemprice and Howden
post_town = COTTINGHAM
postcode_district = HU20
postcode_area = HU
dial_code = 01482
os_grid_reference = SE978327

Rowley is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated Convert|1|mi|km|lk=on south of Little Weighton and approximately Convert|6|mi|km|lk=off south-west of Beverley town centre.The civil parish is formed by the villages of Rowley and Little Weighton together with the hamlets of Bentley, High Hunsley, Low Hunsley, Risby and part of the hamlet of Riplingham.

According to the 2001 UK census, Rowley parish had a population of 1,030.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791027&c=Rowley&d=16&e=15&g=390682&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211237562630&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Rowley CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-19
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher = Office for National Statistics] The village of Rowley is now mostly depopulated, leaving only a few houses, and most of the population is now in Little Weighton.

Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, who became Rector of Rowley in 1621, was suspended from the parish church in 1638 for his non-conformist puritanical beliefs. Following this, he led 20 families to emigrate to United States, where he founded the town of Rowley, Massachusetts in 1639. The emigrants sailed from Hull in the "John", probably a merchant ship of around 200 tons, probably in June 1638, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts in August. [ Graystone, Rev. Philip (1993) "Elizabeth Jackson of Rowley", Hull: Lampada Press, ISBN 1 873811 02 0]

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