Temple Sowerby, Westmorland Family History Guide
Temple Sowerby is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Westmorland, created in 1753 from a chapelry in Kirkby Thore Ancient Parish.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1669
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1774
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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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
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
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