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Castle Sowerby, 1848
SOWERBY, CASTLE (St. Kentigern), a parish, in the union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 3¼ miles (S.E. by E.) from HesketNewmarket; containing, with the chapelry of RaughtonHead, and the townships of Bustabeck-Bound, HowBound, Row-Bound, Southernby-Bound, and Stockdalewath-Bound, 1,007 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £17. 10. 5.; net income, £98, with a glebe-house; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The tithes, with certain exceptions, were commuted for land in 1767. A school is endowed with £10 per annum. At Raughton-Head is a separate incumbency; and at Birksceugh are the remains of a chapel called Lady Chapel.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
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Raughton Head
- Overview About Raughton Head Map Street View Raughton Head is a hamlet in Cumbria, located about 3 miles south of Dalston and 6 miles south of the centre of Carlisle. …
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Bustabeck
- Overview Map Street View Bustabeck is a farm / hamlet in the (former) Eden district of Cumbria, located about a mile east of Sebergham, and situated by the Busta Beck …
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Castle Sowerby Parish
- "Ancient parish in Leath Ward, Cumberland, comprising five townships or ‘bounds’: Bustabeck, Howbound, Rowbound, Southernby and Stockdalewath....Economy:
farming: noted for its corn, especially oats, which was said to be ‘the …
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Stockdalewath
- Overview About Stockdalewath Map Street View Stockdalewath is a village in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, situated by the River Roe and located about 6 miles south of …
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Southernby
- Overview Map Street View Southernby is a hamlet in the Eden district of Cumbria, located abouy 10½ miles north-west of Penrith and 1½ miles north-east of the village of Hesket …
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Sowerby Row
- Overview Map Street View Sowerby Row is a hamlet in the Eden district of Cumbria, located about 10 miles north-west of Penrith. ROW-BOUND, a township, in the parish of Castle-Sowerby, …
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Church of St Kentigern, Castle Sowerby
- Overview Map Street View Inside St Kentigern's Church in Castle Sowerby dates from the 12th century, with later alterations and additions. The church was restored in 1821, and again in …
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Raughton Head
- Overview About Raughton Head Map Street View Raughton Head is a hamlet in Cumbria, located about 3 miles south of Dalston and 6 miles south of the centre of Carlisle. …
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Bustabeck
- Overview Map Street View Bustabeck is a farm / hamlet in the (former) Eden district of Cumbria, located about a mile east of Sebergham, and situated by the Busta Beck …
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Castle Sowerby Parish
- "Ancient parish in Leath Ward, Cumberland, comprising five townships or ‘bounds’: Bustabeck, Howbound, Rowbound, Southernby and Stockdalewath....Economy:
farming: noted for its corn, especially oats, which was said to be ‘the …
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Edmund Anon