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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brough Sowerby like this:
BROUGH-SOWERBY, a township in Brough parish, Westmoreland; 1½ mile S of Brough. Acres, 1,083. Real property with Kaber, £3,664. Pop., 140. Houses, 32.
Brough Sowerby is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brough Sowerby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brough Sowerby, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27108
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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