Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Sowerby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thirsk

Historical Forms

Sorebi 1086 DB

Sourebi, Soureby 1228 FF

Etymology

With same run of forms and meaning as Sowerby 128 supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement