Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Rowley is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated a mile south of Little Weighton and approximately 6 miles south west of Beverley town centre.
The civil parish is formed by the villages of Rowley and Little Weighton together with the hamlets of Bentley, High Hunsley, Low Hunsley, Risby and part of the hamlet of Riplingham.
According to the 2001 UK census, Rowley parish had a population of 1,030. The village of Rowley is now mostly depopulated, leaving only a few houses, and most of the population is now in Little Weighton.
In 1638, Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, a local preacher, was suspended from the parish church for his non-conformist puritanical beliefs. Following this, he led 20 families to emigrate to United States, where he founded the town of Rowley, Massachusetts in 1639.
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