Castle Sowerby, Cumberland : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Castle Sowerby. You may be able to find further references to Castle Sowerby in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Castle Sowerby parish Bartholomew
CASTLE-SOWERBY a parish Imperial
Sowerby, Castle Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Castle Sowerby.

Place Type of entry Source
Bustabeck Bound township Bartholomew
BUSTABECK-BOUND a township Imperial
How Bound hamlet Bartholomew
HOW-BOUND a township Imperial
ROW-BOUND a township Imperial
Scales hamlet Bartholomew
SCALES a hamlet Imperial
SOUTHERNBY-BOUND a township Imperial
Sowerby Row hamlet Bartholomew
STOCKDALEWATH-BOUND a township Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Middlesceugh 0 2
Sebergham 0 2
Warnell Hall 0 2
Braithwaite 0 2
Hesket Newmarket 0 2
How Bound 0 2
Ivegill 0 2
Raughton Head 0 3
Skelton 0 2
Hutton Roof 0 2
Rose Castle 0 2
Caldbeck 1 2
Inglewood Forest 0 2
Hutton in the Forest 0 2
Rosley 0 2
Dalston 0 2
Brocklebank 0 2
Hawkesdale 0 2
Mosedale 0 2
Petteril 0 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Castle Sowerby. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CASTLE SOWERBY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
SOWERBY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
SOWERBY CASTLE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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