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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brough Sowerby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Sowreby 1235 FF
  • Souerby 1241 MdMb 1682 PR(B)
  • Soureby 1256 Ass3d 1279 1292 Ipm 1332 SR 1340 Cl 1422 NB
  • Soureby, Soureby near Burgh 1314 Ipm 1344 Pat 1345 Cl
  • Sourby iuxta Burgh 1318 FF 1327 Ipm 1362 Cl
  • Souresby 1345 Cl
  • Sowrbye 1571 Comm 1602 PR(B)
  • Sorby 1596,1682 PR(B)
  • Sorebie 1610 PR(B)
  • Sowerby(e) 1657 Comm 1682 PR(B)
  • Sowerby(e) juxta Burgh 1617 NWm
  • Brough Sowerby(e) 1670 CliffordL 1681 PR(B) 1777 M
  • Sowerby(e) nigh Burgh 1739 NB

Etymology

'Farmstead on muddy or sour ground', v. saurr , , a frequent p.n. (cf. EPN ii, 97). It is called Brough Sowerby (from Sowerby ii, 63) to distinguish it from Temple Sowerby (ii, 124infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement