Cawood is an "urban" village 10 miles south of York and 4 miles west of Selby, on the banks of the River Ouse.  As home of Cardinal Wolsey, it was called the "Windsor of the North" in the Middle Ages, and Dick Turpin reportedly forded the River here on his historic flight to York.  

NEW! Cawood Sword - pictures on local news page; Gibraltar, Oct/Nov 2008; Scotland 2008; Christmas 2007; Krefeld, Oct 07; Gibraltar, 2008; Cawood Craft Fair 2007 on village events page;  GMB Congress 2007; Gold panning 2007 ; Windsor Reunion 2007 - Blackpool; Geology Field Trips

Map - Cawood is on the River Ouse south of York

 

 Cawood swing bridge over the tidal River Ouse

Cawood swing bridge over the tidal River Ouse.

 This is your first sight of Cawood, coming up the Mile Straight from the direction of York.
As you turn left at the traffic lights, you pass Bank House, which is 270 years old.

 Market Place, Cawood - Bank House on corner; Jolly Sailor two doors down

- turning into Thorpe Lane, which was put through at the end of the 19th century

 Looking up Sherburn Street from the traffic lights

Looking up Market Place to Sherburn Street

More history of Bank House (formerly Duffield Charity School) on the Bank House pages.

The setting sun shines through the windows of the banqueting hall As you come down Thorpe Lane, you see Cawood Castle on the right - what is left of it, mainly the gatehouse and the banqueting hall.  The house next to Bank House was demolished c 1897 to put this road through - you are "inside" the castle grounds.

More details on Cawood Castle page.  Map here

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Floods;  Local History;  Michael's Corner;  All Saints' Church;  Around the Area; Village Events;  Family News;  Windsor School;  Coal Industry;  Local News;  Family Interests

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A recent visitor to the site informs me that there is a stone-built house in Tasmania called "Cawood", on the banks of the Tasmanian River Ouse!

Associated links:

Selbynet        York Evening Press        Scot Stout's  Cawood Family pages

My "other" website:

http://www.btinternet.com/~Pamela.Y.Ross

Margaret Caywood Jones' site:

http://megj30.tripod.com/Caywoodpageindex.html