Cowlam

Cowlam

Coordinates: 54°04′35″N 0°31′36″W / 54.076395°N 0.526616°W / 54.076395; -0.526616

Cowlam
Cowlam is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Cowlam

 Cowlam shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE965655
Parish Cottam
Unitary authority East Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial county East Riding of Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DRIFFIELD
Postcode district YO25
Dialling code 01377
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament East Yorkshire
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire
Site of the medieval village of Cowlam

Cowlam is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the Yorkshire Wolds approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the village of Sledmere. It lies south of the B1253 road.

It forms part of the civil parish of Cottam.

Cowlam was previously a medieval village that was deserted after the Black Death. The church of St Mary, Cowlam is one of the churches on the Sykes Churches Trail. It is a small medieval church restored in 1852 to a design by Mary E Sykes, daughter of the 4th Baronet.

References

  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 4. 

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