East Cottingwith is a village and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Cottingwith, in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England. It lies on the former
Derwent Navigation (canal), and approximately north-west of the
market town
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of
Howden and south-west of the market town of
Pocklington. The village is west of the
B1228 road
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and just east of the
River Derwent. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 185. East Cottingwith was formerly a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
and
chapelry
A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century.
Status
It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the communi ...
in the parish of
Aughton, from 1866 East Cottingwith was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the civil parish was merged with Storwood to create Cottingwith.
The civil parish of Cottingwith is formed by the village of East Cottingwith and the
hamlet
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of
Storwood
Storwood is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cottingwith, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west of Pocklington and lies to the south of the B1228 road on the south bank of the Pocklin ...
.
According to the
2011 UK Census
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, Cottingwith parish had a population of 349,
an increase on the
2001 UK Census
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The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
figure of 290.
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The village church is St Mary's and is a Grade II
listed building
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.
Gallery
File:East Cottingwith YORYM-S229.jpg, St Mary's Church, 1900–1912
File:East Cottingwith village YORYM-S18.jpg, The village street, 1900–1912
File:Ferry Boat Inn, Cottingwith YORYM-S32.jpg, Ferry Boat Inn, 1900–1912
File:Narrowboat at Cottingwith Lock.jpg, Narrowboat at Cottingwith Lock, near East Cottingwith
File:Cottingwith ferry and boatman YORYM-S47.jpg, View of the river near East Cottingwith, 1900–1912
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Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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