9-632: Cottam may refer to: Places [ edit ] Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire , England Cottam, Lancashire , England Cottam, Nottinghamshire , England Cottam, Ontario , Canada People with the surname Cottam [ edit ] Andy Cottam (born 1973), English cricketer Bob Cottam (born 1944), English cricketer Brad Cottam (born 1984), American football player Clarence Cottam (1899–1974), American conservationist and zoologist Francis Cottam (1900–1987), English cricketer Harold Cottam (1891–1984), British wireless operator on
18-542: A disused station in Nottinghamshire, England Cottam power stations , coal and gas powered electricity generating stations in Nottinghamshire, England RAF Cottam , a World War II station in the East Riding of Yorkshire See also [ edit ] Coatham , a district of Redcar, North Yorkshire Coatham Mundeville , a village near Darlington, County Durham Cotham (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
27-607: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cottam, East Riding of Yorkshire Cottam is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire , England. The hamlet is west of the B1249 Skipsea to Staxton road, and in the Yorkshire Wolds . It is 16 miles (30 km) north from the county town of Beverley , and approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from
36-531: The Archbishop of York , Thomas of Bayeux , who was also Tenant-in-chief to king William I . Cottam was previously an Anglo-Scandinavian medieval village that was deserted. All that remains today is the now derelict Church of Holy Trinity which was rebuilt in 1818 and again c. 1890 . The font of the first Norman church on the site is now in Langtoft church. In 1823, Baines recorded that 'Cotham'
45-558: The Old English 'cot' (plural: cotum), meaning "a place at the cottages or huts". In the Domesday Book the manor is written as 'cottun' Cottam was in the Hundred of Toreshou, of nine geld units—taxable units assessed by hide area—and contained five ploughlands . In 1066 the lordship was held by Ulf of Carlton, who held sixteen manors in the north of Yorkshire, transferred in 1086 to
54-559: The RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster John Cottam (1867–1897), Australian cricketer John Cottam (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer Michael Cottam (born 1966), English cricketer Nicholas Cottam (born 1951), British Army officer S. E. Cottam (1863–1943), English poet and priest Thomas Cottam (1549–1582), English Catholic priest and martyr Other uses [ edit ] Cottam railway station ,
63-500: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cottam . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cottam&oldid=1252030353 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
72-427: The village of Sledmere . The civil parish is formed by the hamlet of Cottam, and Cowlam 2.5 miles (4 km) to its north-west. According to the 2011 UK census , Cottam parish had a population of 108, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 74, which was the lowest population figure of any East Riding of Yorkshire civil parish in 2001. According to A Dictionary of British Place Names , Cottam derives from
81-646: Was in the parish of Langtoft, the wapentake of Dickering , and the liberty of St Peter's , and noted a chapel of ease to the parish church at Langtoft. The population of sixteen included a curate and a gentleman farmer. RAF Cottam was built as a bomber airfield in the Second World War but was never used for flying. Later the runways were used for bomb storage and the buildings were demolished in 1980. B1249 road B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads . See
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