Soulby is a hamlet in the civil parish of
Dacre Dacre may refer to:
Places
*Dacre, Cumbria, England
**Dacre Castle
*Dacre, North Yorkshire, England
*Dacre, New Zealand, in the Southland Region
* Dacre, Ontario, Canada
People
*Baron Dacre, an English hereditary title
*Charlotte Dacre (1782–184 ...
, near the villages of Dacre and
Pooley Bridge and the
A592 road
The A592 road is a major route running north–south through the English Lake District.
The road connects Penrith and junction 40 of the M6 motorway), with Staveley at the southern tip of the lake, Windermere, which is skirted by the A592 ...
, in the
Eden
Eden may refer to:
* Garden of Eden, the "garden of God" described in the Book of Genesis
Places and jurisdictions
Canada
* Eden, Ontario
* Eden High School
Middle East
* Eden, Lebanon, a city and former bishopric
* Camp Eden, Iraq
O ...
district, in the English county of
Cumbria. In the
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales. Its six volumes h ...
of 1870-72 it had a population of 66. The name "Soulby" means "village near the fork or joining of two rivers".
References
* Philip's Street Atlas (page 84)
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Dacre(nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Hamlets in Cumbria
Dacre, Cumbria
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