Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COTTAM, or Cotton

COTTAM, or Cotton, a township in Langtoft parish, E. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles N of Great Driffield. Acres, 2, 540. Real property, £2, 272. Pop., 95. Houses, 9. It forms a curacy with Langtoft; has an ancient chapel and font; and was the birth-place of Langtoft, the chronicler.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cottam CP/Ch       Langtoft CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: COTTAM     |     COTTAM OR COTTON     |     COTTON
Place: Cottam

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