| 词条 | Cowgate, Cumbria |
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| country = England | official_name = Cowgate | civil_parish = Holme St. Cuthbert | coordinates = {{coord|54.817|-3.412|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Minor road junction at Cowgate.jpg | static_image_caption = Minor road junction at Cowgate. | population = | shire_district = Allerdale | shire_county = Cumbria | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Workington | post_town = WIGTON | postcode_district = CA7 | postcode_area = CA | dial_code = 01900 | os_grid_reference = NY092478 }}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 etymologyThe name Cowgate is derived from the Old English cu-gate, meaning a "cow pasture". Recorded variant spellings include Cowyate, Cowyeat, and Cowyeate.[3] References{{Commons category|Cowgate, Cumbria}}1. ^{{cite web|title=Old Cumbria Gazetteer - Cowgate|url=http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/lk02709.htm|accessdate=27 July 2015}} {{cumbria-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|title=Google Maps - Cowgate|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.8171862,-3.4128532,361m/data=!3m1!1e3|accessdate=27 July 2015}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Holme St. Cuthbert History Group|title=Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain|date=2004|isbn=0954882318}} 2 : Hamlets in Cumbria|Allerdale |
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