Temple Sowerby, Westmorland Family History Guide

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Temple Sowerby is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1753 from a chapelry in Kirkby Thore Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1669
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1774

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TEMPLE-SOWERBY, a township-chapelry, with a r. station, in Kirkby-Thore parish, Westmoreland; on the Eden Valley railway, 6½ miles NW of Appleby-Post town, Kirkby-Thore, under Penrith. Acres, 1,176. Pop., 374. Houses, 79. The manor was given, by the Viponts, to the Knights Templars; and passed to the Dalstons. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £96. Patron, Sir P. Tufton, Bart.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Memorial inscriptions for Cliburn, Kirkby Thore, Milburn, Newbiggin, Temple Sowerby; Vol 6, Dufton, Long Marton, Morland, Bolton, Gt. Strickland, Thrimby

The memorial inscriptions of Kirkby Thore, Milburn, Newbiggin and Temple Sowerby

Census returns for Temple-Sowerby, 1841-1891

Bishop’s transcripts for Temple-Sowerby, 1774-1891

Parish registers for Temple-Sowerby, 1669-1901

Computer printout of Temple Sowerby, Westmoreland, England, christenings, 1774-1875

Index to Temple Sowerby wills and etc., 1580-1816 Author: Manor of Temple Sowerby. Court (Westmoreland)

Wills of Ravenstonedale, and Temple Sowerby Westmoreland; 1690-1850 Author: Ravenstonedale (Westmoreland). Probate Registrar

Westmorland Historical Directories

Maps

OS Grid Reference: NY6102927119 (all-numeric format: 361029 527120)

Vision of Britain historical maps OS maps

Ordnance Survey OS maps

National Library of Scotland OS maps

Administration

  • County: Westmorland
  • Civil Registration District: East Ward
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Manor of Temple Sowerby
  • Diocese: Carlisle
  • Rural Deanery: Westmorland
  • Poor Law Union: East Ward
  • Hundred: East Ward
  • Province: York