Castle Sowerby

Castle Sowerby

High Moor Dyke
Castle Sowerby
 Castle Sowerby shown within Cumbria
Population 344 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY3939
Civil parishCastle Sowerby
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CARLISLE
Postcode district CA4
Dialling code 016974
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith and the Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°45′22″N 2°57′00″W / 54.756°N 2.950°W / 54.756; -2.950

Castle Sowerby is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 337,[1] increasing to 344 at the 2011 Census,[2] and includes the hamlets of How Hill, Millhouse, Newlands, Sour Nook, Southernby and Sowerby Row.

Located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Sowerby Row is Thistlewood Farmhouse, consisting of a pele tower probably built in the early 15th century, with 16th century alterations, and an extension built in the late 17th century.[3]

Castle Sowerby was one of the manors which formed part of the Honour of Penrith which has been owned at various times by the Neville Earls of Westmorland, the English Crown, the Earls and Dukes of Portland and the Dukes of Devonshire.

It was the birthplace of Reverend William Sowerby, a notable Anglican clergyman who served in Australia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Retrieved 26 October 2010
  2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Thistlewood Farmhouse at British Listed Buildings Online


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