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Cowling's Local History Group

Cowling's Local History Group

  • About
    • Introduction
  • News
    • Monthly Reports
    • Meeting Dates
  • Archive
  • Leisure
    • Hitchinstone Poem.
    • HARD TIMES RECALLED A WORTHY COWLING OCTOGENARIA
    • Coronation
    • Gala
    • Songs of Cowling
  • People
    • Alfred Teal
    • Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey
    • Daniel Binns Artist
    • John Binns 1810-1880 The man who led Cowling into the steam age.
    • Philip Snowden
  • Areas
    • Wainman’s Pinnacle
    • Broughton Hall
    • Ickornshaw
    • Stott Hill
  • Work
    • Road
    • John Binns & Sons Ltd
    • Poulty
    • Shops
    • Textiles
  • Education
    • Cowling County Primary School WW11 Log Book
  • Gallery
    • Areas Gallery
      • Carr Head
      • Cowling
      • Hitching Stone Gallery
      • Ickornshaw
      • Lund Tower Gallery
      • Stott Hill
      • Wainmans Pinacle Gallery
    • People Gallery
      • Donna Peters Gallery
      • John Binns
      • Phillip Snowden
      • World War One Casualties
    • Work Gallery
      • Farming
      • Mills
      • Shops Gallery
    • Leisure Gallery
      • Amateur Dramatics Gallery
      • Coronation
      • Gala
      • Public Houses
    • Archive Gallery
  • Places of faith
    • St Andrews Church
    • Bar Chapel
    • Cowling Hill Baptist Chapel
    • Holy Trinity Church
  • Links to other sites.

Work

Textiles Uncategorized Work 

Cowling Parish Textile Mills 18 – 20th Centuries

February 16, 2021March 18, 2021 Mark Barnes Acre Shed, Carr Mill, Croft Mill, Freegate Mill, Gill Bottom Mill, Ickornshaw Mill, Lumb Mill, Moonrakers, Royd Mill

Below is a list of all the steam powered mills that have been used for manufacturing textiles in Cowling Parish.

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Textiles Uncategorized Work 

Early Textile Mills and Workshops Pre 1850

February 16, 2021March 11, 2021 Mark Barnes early textile manufacturers, Early textile mills, Early textile workshops, Moonrakers

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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Cowling Village Leisure Leisure Uncategorized Work 

The Foresters Hall

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Mark Barnes entertainment, financial assistance, Foresters Hall, friendly society, Moonrakers

The Foresters Hall, the large building in the area known as Cock Hall on Colne Road, was one of several

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Monthly Reports News Uncategorized Work 

Bawsedge Farm Documents and Lots More

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Mark Barnes

Our work in May had to be changed, due to an unforeseen unavailability of several members with computers, for different

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Monthly Reports News Places of Faith Uncategorized Work 

A Cancelled Meeting, WW1, Documents and a Chapel Notebook

June 26, 2018 Mark Barnes Bar Chapel, Bawsedge, WW1 project

Our March meeting was cancelled due to the Beast from the East making it unsafe to travel! We therefore commenced

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Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.
Areas 

Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Mark Barnes

In this article I discuss the two ways of saying our parish name, show some of the ways it has

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John Binns

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Mark Barnes
Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey
People Uncategorized 

Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Mark Barnes
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People Gallery

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Michael Green

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Cowlinghistory.co.uk is the website for MOONRAKERS, Cowling’s Local History Group. Cowling Parish is at the south west of North Yorkshire, near its boundaries with Lancashire and West Yorkshire. It was in the old West Riding of Yorkshire.

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  • Cowling or Coaling – The name of our parish and how you say It.
  • John Binns
  • Arnketil in the Doomsday Survey
  • People Gallery
  • John Binns 1810-1880 The man who led Cowling into the steam age.
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