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Sowerby

Sowerby proper noun: a hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738).

Proper noun

Sowerby (countable and uncountable, plural Sowerbys)

  1. A hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738).
  2. A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4381).
  3. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0423).
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Forms of Sowerby

pluralSowerbys

Origin of Sowerby

From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).

Words formed from Sowerby

Questions about Sowerby

What does Sowerby mean?
Sowerby means a hamlet in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4738).
What part of speech is Sowerby?
Sowerby is a proper noun.

Words near Sowerby in the dictionary

  1. Sowellian
  2. Sowells
  3. sowen
  4. sowens
  5. sower
  6. Sowerby
  7. Sowerby Bridge
  8. Sowerbys
  9. sowers
  10. sowest
  11. Sowetan

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