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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sowerby - Gate

Field in the Parish of Cliburn

Historical Forms

  • 1704 Terr
  • Soureby gate 1366 Clib

Etymology

Sowerby-Gate(Soureby gate 1366,'the road to Temple Sowerby ii, 124 supra, v.gata)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement