Burrill with Cowling

Burrill with Cowling is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, including the villages of Burrill and Cowling. It is only a 5-minute walk between the 2 small villages, which are 1 mile west of Bedale. It is a small parish surrounded by sparsely populated countryside and contains mainly detached and semi-detached houses. The closest city is Ripon 17 miles (27 km) and it is 234 miles from London. Burrill with Cowling is accessible by road from the A1(M) 3.1 miles to the east and the nearest railway station is 15 miles away in Northallerton. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. In 1870/72 John Marius Wilson described Burrill with Cowling as:

"A township in Bedale parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 1¾ mile SW of Bedale. It has a post office, of the name of Burrell, under Bedale. Acres, 463. Real property, £1,415. Pop., 111. Houses, 25."