"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.
    Transcribed by Anne Nichols.

Census

No returns survive for the 'census' of 1787 .

Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901

Church History St Luke. Simple single chamber chapel of 1662-3 by Sir Philip Musgrave.

Church Records

The parish records and BTs are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR49

For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.

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.

Directories

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

History

"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."

Magna Britannica et Hibernia.Volume 6: Westmorland by Thomas Cox (Vicar of Bromfield, Essex) 45 pages, printed in 1731.
Transcription by Sarah Reveley,  Joan Fisher and Lisl Schoenwald. (Rootsweb Westmorland Listmembers)  (c)  2003

Population

Taxation

Hearth Tax records for 1674 Soulby (Kirkby Stephen) transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Soulby transcribed on Edenlinks.

Last updated: Nov 2009 Dave Huddart