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Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire

Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Summary

Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
label_position	top
official_name	Rowley
population	1,015
population_ref	(2011 census)
civil_parish	Rowley
unitary_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
region	Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england	East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster	Goole and Pocklington
post_town	COTTINGHAM
postcode_district	HU20
postcode_area	HU
dial_code	01482
os_grid_reference	SE978327

Rowley is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated 1 mi south of Little Weighton and approximately 6 mi south-west of Beverley town centre.

The civil parish is formed by the villages of Rowley and Little Weighton together with the hamlets of Bentley, High Hunsley, Risby and part of the hamlet of Riplingham.

According to the 2011 UK census, Rowley parish had a population of 1,015,{{NOMIS2011 The village of Rowley is now mostly depopulated, leaving only a few houses, and most of the population is now in Little Weighton.

History

The name Rowley derives from the Old English rūhlēah meaning 'rough wood or clearing'.

Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, who became Rector of Rowley in 1621, was suspended from the parish church in 1638 for his non-conformist beliefs. Following this, he led 20 families to emigrate to the American colonies, where he founded the town of Rowley, Massachusetts in 1639. The emigrants sailed from Hull in , probably a merchant ship of around 200 tons, probably in June 1638, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts in August.

One of those 20 families was the Grants, who are direct forebears of the model Jodie Kidd, as revealed in a 2008 edition of the BBC genealogy programme Who Do You Think You Are?.

Also among the 1638 emigrants were two brothers, Richard and Thomas Wickham. Samuel, a son of Thomas, settled in Rhode Island and became a Freeman of the Colony and a Deputy. Another descendant, Captain John Clements Wickham served on the Royal Navy ship during its voyage with Charles Darwin and was later the first Magistrate and administrator of Queensland.

Rev. Levett Edward Thoroton, son of Col. Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard of Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire, was rector of Rowley for 23 years. He is commemorated by a tablet on the south aisle of St Peter's Church in Rowley. The Hildyard family had a long association with Rowley and its church, where they were patrons of the living. The local church contains many memorials to the family. The church was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1968 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.

References

"Rowley". The Institute for Name-Studies.
Graystone, Rev. Philip. (1993). "Elizabeth Jackson of Rowley". Lampada Press.
Drury Clarke, C.G.. (1984). "Captain John Clements Wickham, R.N. his antecedents and descendants". Royal Historical Society of Queensland.
Hall, John George. (1892). "A History of South Cave, And of Other Parishes in the East Riding of the County of York". Edwin Ombler.
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