In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brough Sowerby like this:
BROUGH-SOWERBY, a township in Brough parish, Westmoreland; 1½ mile S of Brough. Acres, 1,083. Real property with Kaber, £3,664. Pop., 140. Houses, 32.
Brough Sowerby through time
Brough Sowerby is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brough Sowerby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brough Sowerby, in Eden and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27108
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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