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Gowdall
Gowdall is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of the town of Snaith, 1 mile to the north of the M62 motorway and the A645 road, and just south of the River Aire. According to the 2011 UK Census, Gowdall parish had a population of 356, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 318.
The parish was part of the Goole Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974, then in Boothferry district of Humberside until 1996.
In the year 2000 the village was severely flooded, and made national news.
Each October, Gowdall residents host a 'Scarecrow and Pumpkin Festival'.