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Soulby

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"Soulby... The name of this place in ancient time was most commonly written Sulleby: whether from the name of the owner, or how otherwise, we have not found. The chapel of Soulby was built... in the year 1663."
[Nicolson and Burn:The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland. 1777. ]

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Soulby is a parish in the East Ward of the county adjacent to Crosby Garrett, Asby and Kirkby Stephen.
Until 1766 it was a chapelry of Kirkby Stephen.

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Census

No returns survive for the 'census' of 1787 .

Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1911

Transcript and index for 1851 has been published by the Cumbria Family History Society
and also in 'North Westmorland - An Index to the 1851 Census' compiled by David Lowis and Barbara Slack.

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Church History

 

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St Luke
Simple single chamber chapel of 1662-3 by Sir Philip Musgrave.
The church is now deconsecrated.
Historical and architectural notes on National Heritage List (English Heritage site).
Photograph(s) and description on English Country Cottages.
More details and maps in Genuki Westmorland Church Database

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Church Records

Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts are held by Cumbria Archives :
originals at Kendal RO and microfilm copies at Carlisle RO.

Baptism registers1813-1975
Marriage registers1863-1947
Banns registers-
Burial registers1850-1971
Bishops transcripts1813-1886


See the CASCAT online calogue for WPR49 for information on these and other parish records..

For searching on LDS familysearch.org see IGI batch numbers (compiled by Jake Prescott)
or use the batch number search site (by Hugh Wallis).

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Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Soulby which are provided by:

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Directories

The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.

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Gazetteers

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History

The Later Records relating to North Westmorland by John F. Curwen (1932) are available on British History Online

Cumbria County History Trust has published a "Jubilee Digest" for the township of Soulby

Magna Britannica et Hibernia.Volume 6: Westmorland by T Cox 45 pages, printed in 1731.

"Smerdale, Souleby, two Manors of Roger Lord Clifford 4th, of which he died possessed 13 Rich. II. and left to his son Thomas, as he did several others."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference NY740111 (Lat/Lon: 54.494363, -2.402723), Soulby which are provided by:

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Population

1641/2159(est)
1671215(est)
1801237
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Taxation