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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Cowton like this:
COWTON (South), a chapelry in Gilling parish, N. R. Yorkshire; between the Great North of England and the Richmond railways, 2¼ miles SW of Cowton r. station, and 7¼ NW by W of Northallerton. It includes the ville of Pepperhall; and its post town is East-Cowton, under Northallerton. Acres, 2, 136. Real property, £2, 099. Pop., 167. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £53. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. The church is goo...
d. Charities, £7.
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Whitwell | 0 | 2 |
East Cowton | 0 | 5 |
North Cowton | 0 | 1 |
Scorton | 0 | 2 |
Kiplin | 1 | 2 |
Ellerton upon Swale | 0 | 2 |
Great Langton | 0 | 4 |
Danby Wiske | 0 | 2 |
Uckerby | 0 | 2 |
Bolton upon Swale | 0 | 2 |
Birkby | 0 | 2 |
Little Smeaton | 0 | 2 |
Dalton upon Tees | 0 | 2 |
Hutton Bonville | 0 | 2 |
Moulton | 0 | 2 |
Lazenby | 0 | 2 |
Little Langton | 0 | 2 |
Killerby | 0 | 2 |
Lovesome Hill | 0 | 2 |
Croft on Tees | 0 | 2 |