Cowshill

Human settlement in England

Stanhope

Unitary authority

County Durham

Durham

Region

North East

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North West Durham

List of places: UK; England; County Durham

54°45′32″N 2°13′37″W / 54.759°N 2.227°W / 54.759; -2.227

Cowshill is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, 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 house, 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

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