Sowerby, North Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.2267
longitude = -1.3380
official_name = Sowerby
population = 3,600
civil_parish = Sowerby
shire_district = Hambleton
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster = Vale of York
post_town = THIRSK
postcode_district = YO7
postcode_area = YO
dial_code = 01845
os_grid_reference = SE431814

Sowerby is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, it is situated immediately south of Thirsk.

Thirsk School and Sixth Form College, the secondary school for the surrounding area is actually in Sowerby and has around 1,200 pupils. The primary schools in the village are Sowerby Community Primary School and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School.

, gave the care of the Chapel at Sowerby to the Prior of Newburgh, and historical records show that several members of the ancient Family of Lassels, who were Lords of the Village for about 500 years, are buried in their own Chapel of St Oswald of Sowerby.

The area's main industry is farming, though most people commute to nearby towns and villages. Sowerby's name comes from the Viking (Norse) language, in which it means 'Farmstead (by the) smelly pit', which is the origin of the word "sewer".

British Member of Parliament Joan Maynard lived and died here.

External links

* [http://www.sowerby.n-yorks.sch.uk Sowerby Primary School]
* [http://www.thirsk.org.uk/sowerby1.html Sowerby North Yorkshire]
* [http://www.stoswaldsowerby.org.uk/ St Oswald's Parish Church, Sowerby]
* [http://www.thirsk.n-yorks.sch.uk/ Thirsk School and Sixth Form College]
* [http://www.allsaintsthirsk.ik.org/ All Saints RC Primary School]
* [http://www.sowerby-nursery.ik.org/ Sowerby Nursery School]
* [http://sowerby.org.uk/ Links to everything about Sowerby]