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 Row

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Sowerby

Historical Forms

  • Sowerby Rawe c.1662 Devonshire
  • Sowerby Row within Row Bound 1750 NB

Etymology

is Sowerby Rawe c. 1662Devonshire , Sowerby Row within Row Bound 1750 NB . Cf. Rawe 1608LRMB . v. rāw . The meaning of ' Bound ' is uncertain .