Temple Sowerby, Westmorland

Historical Description

Temple Sowerby, a township and an ecclesiastical parish, with a station on the N.E.R., in Kirkby Thore parish, Westmorland, 6½ miles NW of Appleby. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Penrith. Acreage, 1241; population, 372. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor was given by the Viponts to the Knights Templars, and passed to the Dalstons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £219 with residence. Patron, Lord Hothfield. The church was rebuilt in 1877, and consists of chancel, nave, aisle, and western tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel, and fairs are held on the last Thursdays in January, February, March, and October, and the second Thursday in May.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Temple Sowerby from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sowerby, Temple)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Westmorland is available to browse.