SOWERBY (CASTLE), a parish in LEATH ward,
county of CUMBERLAND, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from
Hesket-Newmarket, containing, with the townships of
Bustabeck, How-bound, Row-bound, Southernby-bound,
and Stocklewath-bound, 1012 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Carlisle, rated in the king's books at £ 17.10. 5., and
in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle.
The church is dedicated to St. Kentigern. At Birksceugh
are the remains of a chapel, formerly called Lady
chapel; and in the township of How-bound is Castle
Hill, the site of an ancient castle, from which the parish
derives its distinguishing prefix. Four poor children
are instructed for a rent-charge of £5, the bequest of
John Sowerby, in 1783.