West Cowick

West Cowick
West Cowick  West Cowick shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE650215
Civil parish	Snaith and Cowick
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	GOOLE
Postcode district	DN14
Dialling code	01405
Police	Humberside
Fire	Humberside
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Brigg and Goole
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°41′10″N 1°01′00″W / 53.686005°N 1.016661°W

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.

External links

• Historic England. "Cowick Hall (164946)". Images of England.