Sowerby

Other current and historical names

Soureby

Built-Up Area: Thirsk
Parish/Community: Sowerby
District/Borough: Hambleton
County: North Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 54°13'38"N 1°20'30"W
Eastings/Northings: 443014, 481490
OS Grid: SE430814
Mapcode Local: GBR MM2K.9D
Mapcode Global: WHD8P.C0BL

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Sowerby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Sowerby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Sowerby.-- township and vil., Thirsk par., North-Riding Yorkshire, forming a SE. suburb of Thirsk, 2614 ac., pop. 1743; P.O.

Sowerby in the Domesday Book

A village in Yarlestre hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Overlord in 1066: Ligulf
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Orm
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 2 geld

British Place Names

Sowerby, North Yorkshire

Sowerby is a village in Thirsk, North Yorkshire

Sowerby in historic gazetteers

Sowerby in the Domesday Book