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Temple Sowerby was a chapelry in the parish of Kirkby Thore in East Ward in the North of the county.
It is adjacent to Cliburn, Brougham, Morland, Milburn and Cumberland.
Returns survive for the 'census' of 1787 and are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WQ/SP/C. They are transcribed in Vital Statistics published by Curwen Archives Trust 1992. ISBN 1897590008.
Census returns are available from the usual sources for 1841-1901.
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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St James. The church is of 1754 but with an aisle of 1770, a W tower of 1807-8 and chancel and arcade of 1873. |
The parish records and BTs are held at the Kendal Record Office of Cumbria Archives Service. The Record Office reference is WPR81
Baptism registers 1670-1881 Marriage registers 1669-1871 Banns registers 1755-1980 Burial registers 1669-1931 Bishops transcripts 1774-1891 For searching on www.familysearch.org see Jake Prescott's list of IGI batch numbers.
The details for the parish from the Parson & White's Directory for 1829 are transcribed on Edenlinks site.
Temple Sowreby, the Lordship of Robert Lord Clifford, who being slain at the
fatal Battle of Bannock-moor, 7 Edw. II. his Widow, Maud, one of the Heirs of
Thomas de Clare, had a Moiety of this Lordship, and some other of his estates
in Dower, which returned at her Death to Roger her Son; but she was then the
Wife of Robert de Welle, a great Baron in Lincolnshire.
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
A present-day web map is available from Multimap.
1641/2 140(est) 1671 147(est) 1787 301 1801 299
The manorial court for Temple Sowerby exercised probate jurisdiction - it was a "peculiar".
Original records and inventories for 1580-1816 will be at Carlisle . And presumably also regular wills etc since about 1858.There is a transcript of the index of the peculiar wills by Susan Langley Thomas.
Hearth Tax records for 1674 Temple Sowerby transcribed on Edenlinks.
Window Tax records for 1777 Temple Sowerby transcribed on Edenlinks.