Cowlam

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, 17 miles (30 km) north from the county town of Beverley, 2 miles (3 km) east from the village of Sledmere, and 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west from the parish hamlet of Cottam. The hamlet contains eight houses and two farms.^[1]

Cowlam
St Mary's Church, Cowlam
Cowlam Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE965655
• London	175 mi (282 km) S
Civil 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
UK Parliament	East Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.076395°N 0.526616°W / 54.076395; -0.526616

History

Site of the medieval village of Cowlam

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][2]

Cowlam was previously a Bronze Age encampment, evidenced by earthworks, 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the hamlet, and a later medieval village that was deserted in the late 17th century.^[1][3]

In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 47.^[4] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Cottam.^[5]

The church of St Mary at Cowlam is one of the churches on the Sykes Churches Trail.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

References

1. "Cowlam", The Villages of the Yorkshire Wolds, Driffield Online. Retrieved 23 March 2019
2. Cowlam in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
3. "Cowlam". Beresford's Lost Villages. University of Hull. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
4. "Population statistics Cowlam CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
5. "Relationships and changes Cowlam CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
6. "Sykes Churches Trail Southern Route". Beverley, East Yorkshire: East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group.
7. Lewis, Samuel. "'Cowgill - Coxley', in A Topographical Dictionary of England". British History Online. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
8. Historic England. "The Church of St Mary (1083789)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

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

External links

• Media related to Cowlam at Wikimedia Commons
• Cowlam in the Domesday Book