English Place-name Society

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