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Rowley Road, COTTINGHAM, HU20 3XR

Formerly the rectory for Saint Peter's church, this extended building is now one of the prime 'country hotels' in this district. This view shows the main entrance on the north side.

Photograph taken close to autumn sunrise. The best remaining example in the region of construction in the local stone - chalk. On the map there has been a building here in excess of 200 years: whether this barn is the original, I don't know.

Built in 1710 by the Rev, William Hildyard. Rowley was the most valuable living in the East Riding in the c18-c19. The grounds were landscaped after 1788 when the road from Little Weighton to Riplingham was diverted away from the house.

In the grounds of Rowley Manor Hotel.

View of the southern aspect of this fine building. Anyone for croquet?

All that is to be found at the deserted village of Rowley in the East Riding is the church and the former rectory as Rowley is now in America. When the Book of Sports, allowing games to be played on Sunday was ordered to be read in every church during the reign of King Charles I, the parson at Rowley, Ezekiel Rogers, refused to read it. He had served as pastor for twenty years before his suspension due to his non-conformist Puritan beliefs. He was turned out of his house but soon afterwards sailed for America taking with him every family in the village. Taking all their possessions, they founded a new Rowley in Massachusetts in 1638 where he became Rowley’s pastor. The colony of 20 families faced many difficulties but Ezekiel lived to see the settlement thriving. By 2020, the town had a population of over 6,000. In the garden of the former rectory can be seen this rotunda which came from Campden Hill in London. The rectory, seen in the distance, dates from the early 18th century but is now a hotel. For the church see www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7755752

All that is to be found at the deserted village of Rowley in the East Riding is the church and the former rectory as Rowley is now in America. When the Book of Sports, allowing games to be played on Sunday was ordered to be read in every church during the reign of King Charles I, the parson at Rowley, Ezekiel Rogers, refused to read it. He had served as pastor for twenty years before his suspension due to his non-conformist Puritan beliefs. He was turned out of his house but soon afterwards sailed for America taking with him every family in the village. Taking all their possessions, they founded a new Rowley in Massachusetts in 1638 where he became Rowley’s pastor. The colony of 20 families faced many difficulties but Ezekiel lived to see the settlement thriving. By 2020, the town had a population of over 6,000. In the garden of the former rectory can be seen this rotunda which came from Campden Hill in London. The rectory, seen in the distance, dates from the early 18th century but is now a hotel. For the church see www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7755752

A fine old church which once served the village of Rowley, which no longer exists. In the early 1600's, King Charles issued the 'Book of Sports' which gave authority for the 'common people' to practice certain sports and other leisure activities on the Sabbath after they had attended church services. As they worked on all the other six days of the week, this was their only opportunity! But this offended those who took the Sabbath as being 'sacrosant'. Thus the Rev. Ezekiel Rogers persuaded the villagers to emigrate en masse in 1638 and they founded the town of Rowley which is now a suburb of Ipswich, Massachusetts.