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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Soulby like this:
SOULBY, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Kirkby-Stephen parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, 2½ miles NW of Kirkby-Stephen r. station. Post town, Brough, under Penrith. Acres, 2,495. Rated property, £1,921. Pop., 453. Houses, 77. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £118. Patron, Sir G. Musgrave, Bart. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities £5.
Soulby 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 Soulby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Soulby, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5376
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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