SOULBY, a chapelry in the parish of KIRKBY-STEPHEN,
EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 2miles
(N. W.) from Kirkby-Stephen, containing 251 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with £ 200 private
benefaction, and £ 200 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of the Rev. Sir C. J. Musgrave, Bart. The
chapel was erected in 1663, at the expense of Sir Philip
Musgrave, Bart. Soulby is a considerable village, situated
on the river Eden, which is here crossed by a
bridge of three arches, erected in 1819. Two fairs for
cattle and sheep are held on the Tuesday before Easter,
and August 30th; they are of recent establishment, and
well attended. Three poor boys are educated for a trifling
annuity, the gift of several individuals since
1768.