Cowden, East Riding of Yorkshire

Cowden
Cowden Cowden shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	TA239403
– London	160 mi (260 km) S
Civil parish	Mappleton
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	HULL
Postcode district	HU11
Dialling code	01964
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Beverley and Holderness
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°50′39″N 0°07′04″W / 53.844165°N 0.117834°W / 53.844165; -0.117834

Cowden (or Little Cowden) is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Hornsea and lies just east of the B1242 road towards the North Sea coast. Its name means a hill where charcoal was burnt.^[1]

It forms part of the civil parish of Mappleton.

Lark Hill Beach

References

↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1991). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place names. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 126. ISBN 9780198691037.

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

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Cowden in the Domesday Book

Populated coastal places in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Anticlockwise
Mappleton

Cowden

Clockwise
East Newton

Ceremonial county of East Riding of Yorkshire

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Unitary authorities	East Riding of Yorkshire Kingston upon Hull

Major settlements	Beverley Bridlington Brough Driffield Goole Hedon Hessle Hornsea Howden Kingston upon Hull Market Weighton Pocklington Snaith Withernsea See also: List of civil parishes in East Riding of Yorkshire

Rivers	Aike Beck Arram Beck Derwent Foulness Gypsey Race Hull Humber Ouse Trent Falls West Beck

Canals	Beverley Beck Driffield Navigation Leven Market Weighton Pocklington

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