Visit Cowling, Craven Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cowling, Craven

  

Cowling, Craven Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cowling, Craven

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Cowling, Craven history

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The village is Saxon in origin and is recorded in the Domesday Book as ‘Collinge’ The name means Coll’s people or tribe. Originally the village comprised three separate hamlets namely Ickornshaw, Middleton, Gill and Cowling Hill. It was only following the construction of the main Keighley to Colne road (A6068) and the building of large mills alongside the road that what is now regarded as the main village was constructed providing terraced cottage homes for the mill workers.

Famous people from Cowling

Philip Snowden was Chancellor of the Exchequer in the first two Labour governments. He was born in the village of Ickornshaw in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Snowden spoke in the local dialect of Cowling on a 78rpm gramophone produced by the Yorkshire Dialect Society in the 1930s.

You can visit Cowling, Craven places with Walkfo Cowling, Craven to hear history at Cowling, Craven’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cowling, Craven has 10 places to visit in our interactive Cowling, Craven map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cowling, Craven, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cowling, Craven places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cowling, Craven & the surrounding areas.

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10 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Cowling, Craven tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cowling, Craven

  

Best Cowling, Craven places to visit

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Cowling, Craven has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cowling, Craven’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cowling, Craven’s information audio spots:

Wainman’s Pinnacle Wainman’s Pinnacle, originally built as a folly, is a stone obelisk in Sutton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire. It has been a grade II listed building in the National Heritage List for England since 1984.

Lund’s Tower Lund’s Tower is a stone-built folly situated to the south-west of the North Yorkshire village of Sutton-in-Craven. It is listed in the National Heritage List for England at Grade II.

The Hitching Stone The Hitching Stone is a gritstone erratic block on Keighley Moor, North Yorkshire. It is said to be the largest boulder in Yorkshire at 29 feet (8.8 metres) long, 25 feet (7.6 metres) wide and 21 feet (6.4 metres) high.

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