Brough Sowerby

Brough Sowerby
Brough Sowerby is located in Cumbria
Brough Sowerby
Brough Sowerby
Location within Cumbria
Population137 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNY7912
Civil parish
  • Brough Sowerby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code01768
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°30′32″N 2°19′12″W / 54.509°N 2.320°W / 54.509; -2.320

Brough Sowerby is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is located 22.3 miles southeast of the town of Penrith. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 127,[2] increasing to 137 at the 2011 Census.[1] The village is near the River Belah. 'A township in Brough parish, Westmoreland; 1½ mile S of Brough. Acres, 1,083. Real property with Kaber, £3,664. Pop., 140. Houses, 32.'[3] There are quite a few Black Bull inns in the area surrounding Brough Sowerby, this comes from the old Scottish black cattle that were driven through the market town of Kirkby Stephen.[4]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Brough Sowerby Parish (E04002520)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Brough Sowerby Parish (16UF011)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ "The Upper Eden Visitor Centre in Kirkby Stephen".