Cowgate, Cumbria

Cowgate
Minor road junction at Cowgate.
Cowgate  Cowgate shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY092478
Civil parish	Holme St. Cuthbert
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Workington
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Coordinates: 54°49′01″N 3°24′43″W / 54.817°N 3.412°W

Cowgate is a small hamlet 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. Other nearby settlements include Goodyhills, 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

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

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.