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Cowgate, Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°49′01″N 3°24′43″W / 54.817°N 3.412°W / 54.817; -3.412
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Cowgate
Minor road junction at Cowgate.
Cowgate is located in the former Allerdale Borough
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Cowgate is located in Cumbria
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54°49′01″N 3°24′43″W / 54.817°N 3.412°W / 54.817; -3.412

Cowgate is a small hamlet located 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. Nearby settlements include Goodyhills, located 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

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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

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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.