Cowbit
Coordinates: 52°44′38″N 0°08′03″W / 52.743769°N 0.13405882°W
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 St Mary's church, Cowbit |
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 Cowbit
Cowbit shown within Lincolnshire |
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| OS grid reference | TF 26059 17871 |
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| District | South Holland |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Spalding |
| Postcode district | PE12 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | South Holland and The Deepings |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Cowbit (locally pronounced Cubbit) is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire,[1] England. It lies 3 miles (4.8 km) South of Spalding and 5 miles (8 km) North of Crowland.
Cowbit falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.
Cowbit Grade I listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary.[2] The church was built on a small scale in the 14th century by Prior de Moulton of Spalding. A chancel and Perpendicular tower were added by Bishop Russell of Lincoln in 1487. Restoration was carried out in 1882.[3] A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1842, and rebuilt in 1861.[4] To the south, on the road to the hamlet of Peak Hill, is a stone named after St Guthlac, being a boundary marker for the earlier lands of Crowland Abbey.[4]
The village has a Grade II listed early 19th century Mill,[5] a Church of England primary school, a public house, public play area, village hall, and a garage with shop.
On 16 October 2011, work was completed on a new bypass for the A1073,[6] which previously ran through the village. This new route has been re-designated to form part of the A16.
Cowbit previously had a railway station on Spalding to March line; the line is no longer in use.
[edit] Cowbit Wash
Cowbit Wash lies to the east of the village, extends 20 miles (32 km) from north to south, and is nearly a mile broad.[4] Mainly arable land, it is a flood plain for the navigable River Welland, separated from Cowbit by an earth bank that carries an unclassified road.[7] Previously Welland overflow regularly flooded the Wash, the water freezing-over during winter allowing for ice skating and skating championships. A relief channel (Coronation Channel) for the Welland at Spalding has made Cowbit Wash obsolete as a flood plain.
[edit] References
- ^ OSGB (03/04/2006). 235 Wisbech & Peterborough North:Market Deeping & Crowland (Map). 1:25 000. OS Explorer (A1 ed.). ISBN 9780319238073.TF265180
- ^ "Church of St Mary", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 19 July 2011
- ^ Cox, J. Charles (1916) Lincolnshire p. 107; Methuen & Co. Ltd
- ^ a b c Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire with the port of Hull 1885, p. 369
- ^ "Mill", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage. Retrieved 19 July 2011
- ^ "A1073 - Spalding to Eye Improvement", Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 19 July 2011
- ^ "Pumping Station, Cowbit Wash, Lincs", geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011
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- "Cowbit", genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2011
