West Cowick

West Cowick
West Cowick
 West Cowick shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE650215
Civil parishSnaith and Cowick
Unitary authorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
Ceremonial countyEast Riding of Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GOOLE
Postcode district DN14
Dialling code 01405
Police Humberside
Fire Humberside
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentBrigg and Goole
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Coordinates: 53°41′10″N 1°01′00″W / 53.686005°N 1.016661°W / 53.686005; -1.016661

West Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the town of Snaith and just to the south of the A1041 road and north of the M62 motorway.

Late 17th-century Cowick Hall, lying midway between West and East Cowick, former seat of the Viscounts Downe, is now the HQ of Croda International

It forms part of the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick.

To the east of the village is the late 17th-century Grade I listed Cowick Hall[1] the former seat of the Viscounts Downe which is now the headquarters of Croda International.

In the late 13th to early 16th centuries AD, West Cowick was one of the production sites of a type of Medieval ceramic known as Humber ware.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Cowick Hall (1083323)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ↑ McCarthy, M.R. and Brooks, C.M. 1988. Medieval pottery in Britain AD 900-1600, Leicester, 242.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11. 
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