Cowgate, Cumbria

Cowgate
Cowgate
	Minor road junction at Cowgate.
	Cowgate Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY092478
Civil parish	Holme St. Cuthbert;
District	Allerdale;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°49′01″N 3°24′43″W / 54.817°N 3.412°W

Cowgate is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert^[1] in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately a quarter-of-a-mile south-west of Newtown, one mile north-west of the hamlet of Holme St. Cuthbert, and one-and-a-half miles north-east of Mawbray. Other nearby settlements include Goodyhills, one-and-a-quarter miles to the south-east, Hailforth, one-and-three-quarter miles to the south-east, and Beckfoot, one-and-a-half miles to the north. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is approximately twenty-four-and-a-half miles to the north-east.^[2]

History and etymology

The name Cowgate is derived from the Old English cu-gate, meaning a "cow pasture". Recorded variant spellings include Cowyate, Cowyeat, and Cowyeate.^[3]

References

^ "Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Cowgate". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ "Google Maps - Cowgate". Retrieved 27 July 2015.
^ Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.

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[1] "Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Cowgate". Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[2] "Google Maps - Cowgate". Retrieved 27 July 2015.

[3] Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.

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