COWLEY, a parish in the hundred of ELTHORNE,
county of MIDDLESEX, lmile (S. byB.) from Uxbridge,
containing 349 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of London,
rated in the king's books at £11, and in the patronage
of E. Hilliard, Esq. The church is dedicated to St.
Lawrence. Barnard Dognall, in 1761, beq\ieathed four
acres of land, producing £ 10 per annum, for the
parish clerk, on condition of his keeping the church
free from dust, and the churchyard from weeds and
other annoyances.