Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.
In this article I discuss the two ways of saying our parish name, show some of the ways it has
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Author: Mark Barnes
Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey
The first name in history that we can associate with Cowling, then spelt Collinghe, is Arnketil. According to the Doomsday
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John Binns 1810-1880 The man who led Cowling into the steam age.
Much of the article below has been taken from Weaving a Century 1852-1952 – John Binns & Sons Ltd page
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Outworkers in Textiles in 1845 -9
Below is a list of outworkers from Bairstows Mill in Sutton-in-Craven, only approximately 2 miles east of Cowling parish. Cowling
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Cowling Parish Textile Mills 18 – 20th Centuries
Below is a list of all the steam powered mills that have been used for manufacturing textiles in Cowling Parish.
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Early Textile Mills and Workshops Pre 1850
We list below the information we know about early textile mills and workshops in the parish. These pre-date steam-powered textile
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The Foresters Hall
The Foresters Hall, the large building in the area known as Cock Hall on Colne Road, was one of several
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The First Motor Bus in Yorkshire
Below is an extract from the small booklet First Bus in Yorkshire by Philip Lingard (1975) It covers the text
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