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|civil_parish = [[Snaith and Cowick]]
| civil_parish = [[Snaith and Cowick]]
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|region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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|constituency_westminster = [[Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Brigg and Goole]]
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'''West Cowick''' is a village in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England, situated approximately {{Convert|1|mi|km}} south-east of [[Snaith]]. It is just to the south of the [[A1041 road]] and north of the [[M62 motorway]]. It was historically part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] until 1974.
'''West Cowick''' is a village in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], England, situated approximately {{Convert|1|mi|km}} south-east of [[Snaith]]. It is just to the south of the [[A1041 road]] and north of the [[M62 motorway]]. It was historically part of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] until 1974.
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West Cowick is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
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53°41′10″N 1°01′00″W / 53.686005°N 1.016661°W / 53.686005; -1.016661

West Cowick is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Snaith. It is just to the south of the A1041 road and north of the M62 motorway. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

Late 17th-century Cowick Hall, lying midway between West and East Cowick, former seat of the Viscounts Downe, is now the HQ of Croda International

It forms part of the civil parish of Snaith and Cowick.

To the east of the village is the late 17th-century Grade I listed Cowick Hall[1] the former seat of the Viscounts Downe which is now the headquarters of Croda International.

In the late 13th to early 16th centuries AD, West Cowick was one of the production sites of a type of Medieval ceramic known as Humber ware.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Cowick Hall (1083323)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ McCarthy, M.R. and Brooks, C.M. 1988. Medieval pottery in Britain AD 900-1600, Leicester, 242.
  • Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 11.
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