Cowshill

{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name = Cowshill |static_image_name = WeardaleCowshill.jpg |static_image_caption = Weardale, Cowshill |static_image_alt = Signpost overlooking Weardale, Cowshill |coordinates = {{coord|54.759|-2.227|display=inline,title}} |population = 156 |population_ref = (2001 census) |civil_parish = Stanhope |unitary_england = County Durham |lieutenancy_england = Durham |region = North East England |constituency_westminster = North West Durham |post_town = BISHOP AUCKLAND |postcode_district = DL13 |postcode_area = DL |dial_code = 01388 |os_grid_reference = NY855405 }}

'''Cowshill''' is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England.<ref name=OS87>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 87 ''Hexham & Haltwhistle''|ISBN= 9780319231678 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2009}}</ref><ref name=OSGaz50>{{cite web | url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016}}</ref> It is situated at the top of Weardale, between Lanehead and Wearhead. In the 2001 census Cowshill had a population of 156.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wear Valley Settlement Summary Sheets |publisher=Durham County Council |url=http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Wear%20Valley%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/$file/Wear+Valley+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=14 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007090304/http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Wear%20Valley%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/%24file/Wear%2BValley%2BSettlement%2BSummary%2BSheets%2BNumbers.pdf |archivedate=October 7, 2007 }} </ref>

The Church of St Thomas (1912) is located in Cowshill, and is the parish church for Heatherycleugh parish.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/cowshill-county-durham/|title=Cowshill, County Durham {{!}} Co-Curate|website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref> Bridge End Cottage is notable for being a 17th-century Bastle house, and is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1229602|desc=BRIDGE END, Stanhope |accessdate=2017-07-10}}</ref> The Cowshill War Memorial commemorates the seven men from the area lost in the First World War and three who died in the Second World War.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6769|title=North East War Memorials Project -|last=Project|first=North East War Memorials|website=www.newmp.org.uk|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>

Burtree Ford was once considered a separate village, now considered as part of Cowshill, but its name is still apparent in Burtree Farm, and Burtreeford Bridge, over Killhope Burn, and the former Burtreeford Mill.

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Category:Villages in County Durham Category:Stanhope, County Durham