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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.

Castle Sowerby Civil Parish Bustabeck Stockdalewath Southernby Sowerby Row Church of St Kentigern, Castle Sowerby Raughton Head Cumberland, Parishes and Townships, 1848 How Bound Township, 1848
Raughton Head
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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. …
Bustabeck
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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
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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 …
Southernby
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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 …
Sowerby Row
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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, …
Church of St Kentigern, 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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