Cawood (Other names: Carwood) is a large village in North Yorkshire, England that's notable as the finding-place of the Cawood sword. In his King's England series, Arthur Mee refers to Cawood as "the Windsor of the North". It used to be the residence of the Archbishops of York. The name is believed to come from the characteristic noise made by crows in the nearby woods. Cawood is south of the point where the River Wharfe flows in to the River Ouse which subsequently forms the northern border of… (More on Cawood)