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 Town

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Sourbi town' 1587 PRHfx
  • Sowerby Town(e) 1624 Greave 1683 FGr 1686 SbCA

Etymology

Sowerby Town, Sourbi town '1587 PRHfx, Sowerby Town (e )1624 Greave, 1683FGr 8, 1686 SbCA, cf. also Townesende 1492MinAcct (p), Sourby-towne -end 1686 SbCA. On this use of town to denote the village proper cf. Mickletown ii, 127supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name