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Cottingham in York County England History and GeographyCOTTINGHAM, a parish in the Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, 4½ miles (N.W.) from Kingston upon Hull, containing, with a part of the township of Willerby, 2479 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £42, endowed with £200 private benefaction, £300 royal bounty, and £800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Chester, as impropriator of the rectory, which is rated in the king's books at £106. 13. 4. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small and curious edifice, containing a fine decorated chancel, with a light and beautiful tower. The soil of this parish is very fertile, and contributes much to the supply of the market at Hull; and the village contains many well-built villas, principally occupied by merchants of Hull. The remains of Baynard castle, which stood on a hill at the west side, and was burnt down in 1541, are still observable; and Prospect tower, used as an observatory, is a pleasing object at a short distance from the village. There is a curious intermittent spring, about two yards in diameter, which will sometimes flow copiously after remaining quiescent for years. A market and two fairs were anciently held here, but they have been discontinued. A free school is principally supported by a bequest from Mr. Mark Kirby, in 1712, who gave land producing about £40 per annum, for which twenty children are educated. There are several minor benefactions for the poor. A monastery for canons of the order of St. Augustine was commenced here in the 15th of Edward I., by Thomas, Lord Wake of Lyddel, but in consequence of not being enabled to obtain a title to the site, it was removed, in 1324, to the neighbouring hamlet of Newton, or Howdenprice. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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