COWSBY, a parish in the wapentake of BIRDFORTH,
North riding of the county of YORK, 6 miles (N.N.E.)
from Thirsk,. containing 91  inhabitants. The living is
a discharged rectory, within the jurisdiction of the peculiar
court of Allerton and Allertonshire, belonging to
the Bishop of Durham, rated in the king's books at
£5. 11. 0., and.in the patronage of Thomas Alston,
Esq. Here is an hospital for decayed tenants, supposed
to have been founded by Lord Crewe.