English Explanatory Dictionary

Temple Sowerby

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6127).

Word forms

Temple Sowerby

Etymology

As in other place names, "Temple" stems from the Knights Templar. Recorded as Sourebi 1179, from Old Norse, and Templessoureby in 1292.

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