ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd z kˈɑːwʊd wʌz kənsˈɪdɚd ɐ mˈɑːɹkɪt ænd pˈæɹɪʃtˈaʊn, "ɪnðə wˈeɪpəntˌeɪk ʌv bˈɑːɹkstənˈæʃ, lˈɪbɚɾiz ʌv sənt. pˈiːɾɚɹ ænd kˈɑːwʊd, wˈɪstoʊ, ænd ˈɑːtli; fˈaɪv mˈaɪlz fɹʌm sˈɛlbi, sˈɛvən ɐ hˈæf fɹʌm tˈædkæstɚ, tˈɛn fɹʌm jˈɔːɹk, twˈɛlv fɹʌm pˈɔntɪfɹˌækt, wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks fɹʌm lˈʌndən."
In the 1800s Cawood was considered a market and parish-town, "in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberties of St. Peter and Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 5 miles from Selby, 7½ from Tadcaster, 10 from York, 12 from Pontefract, 186 from London."