Cowshill

Cowshill
Signpost overlooking Weardale, Cowshill
Weardale, Cowshill
Cowshill
Cowshill shown within County Durham
OS grid reference NY855405
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BISHOP AUCKLAND
Postcode district DL13
Dialling code 01388
Police Durham
Fire County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament

Cowshill is a village in County Durham, England.[1][2] It is situated at the top of Weardale, between Lanehead and Wearhead. In the 2001 census Cowshill had a population of 156.[3]

The Church of St Thomas (1912) is located in Cowshill, and is the parish church for Heatherycleugh parish[4]. Bridge End Cottage is notable for being a 17th-century Bastle, and is a Grade II listed building.[5] The Cowshill War Memorial commemorates the seven men from the area lost in the First World War and three who died in the Second World War.[6]

Burtree Ford was once considered a separate village, now considered as part of Cowshill, but its name is still apparent in Burtree Farm, and Burtreeford Bridge, over Killhope Burn, and the former Burtreeford Mill.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 87 Hexham & Haltwhistle (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 9780319231678.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wear Valley Settlement Summary Sheets" (PDF). Durham County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cowshill, County Durham | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  5. ↑ England, Historic. "BRIDGE END, Stanhope - 1229602| Historic England". www.historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  6. ↑ Project, North East War Memorials. "North East War Memorials Project -". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

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