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Temple Sowerby, Cumbria
Temple Sowerby photos
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Temple Sowerby maps
Historic maps of Temple Sowerby and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Temple Sowerby maps
Historic map of Temple Sowerby
Illustrated Victorian map of Cumbria
Historic Map of any Temple Sowerby postcode
Temple Sowerby books
Displaying 3 of 26 books about Temple Sowerby and the local area. View all Temple Sowerby books
A Taste of Cumbria and the Lake District
Paperback
£14
Cumbria Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Grange-over-Sands Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
2 Temple Sowerby photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Temple Sowerby
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My mother, Joyce Hogg, whose grandparents were Egglestone of Culgaith, used to tell us that her relatives, two aunts, used to run the Bridge Inn at Kirkby Thore in the 30's, 40's or 50's. Unfortunately I do not know their names or surnames. Can anyone help me with my family history? Other family names are Tallentyre and Jennings, so... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2007
As a youngster of 12 I was evacuated from my home in Wallington near Croydon Surrey to Cumbria, where I attended Penrith Grammar School in 1940. I lived at Temple Sowerby at Riggside at the farm (Millrigg Farm) of my elderly cousin, Isaac Huntington. His elder brother was George Huntington a retired farmer of Langwathby Hall Farm. Those two brothers were... [more]
Shared on 22 February 2007
My name is Sandra and I am the little girl on the right of the picture. I lived at the Post Office with my grandparents, Mr & Mrs Robinson and I have very fond memories of growing up in the village. The bigger girl with me was Ann Tatters who used to take me to school at Yanwath.
Shared on 29 August 2008
My husband's grandmother Ellen Graham lived in Lazonby, she firstly married Reginald Calland, and had 3 sons, Reginald died and she married Thomas Graham. They then had twins, Thomas and Ethel, then in 1902 Johnathan my father-in-law was born.
They lived at Scarrows Cottage in Lazonby. A couple of years ago we were on holiday in the area and were... [more]
Shared on 21 June 2008
Extracts From Temple Sowerby & Cumbria books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Temple Sowerby, inspired by Frith photos.
Set back from the A66, the King's Arms with its stables and courtyard to the rear was once a coaching- house serving travellers on the Penrith to Darlington turnpike, a route linking the Lakes, the Eden Valley and Stainmore with Durham and Yorkshire. Next to it stands the Church of St James, built in 1754, enlarged sixteen years later, then following a century of use restored in 1873.
This is an extract from Penrith Photographic Memories.
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Temple Sowerby commemorates the Knights Templar who afforded protection to pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem and held the manor here for over a century and a half. Following the suppression of the Knights Templar, in 1323 the Knights Hospitallers succeeded them, holding the manor for over two centuries until 1543 following the dissolution of religious houses. The present manor house, Acorn Bank, dates from 1656. An... [more]
This is an extract from Penrith Photographic Memories.
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Here a group of visitors pause to admire the view from Purse Point across the lake towards Glenridding. Ullswater, or 'Ulph's-water', takes its name from the Viking settler Lyulph, whose name was popularised in the 18th century when the Duke of Norfolk, then owner of Greystoke Castle, built the folly called Lyulph's Tower on the north side of the lake.
This is an extract from Penrith Photographic Memories.
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