Soulby is a hamlet in the civil parish of
Dacre, near the villages of Dacre and
Pooley Bridge
Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland.
The village takes its name from a bridge over the River Eamont at the northern end of Ul ...
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 A59 ...
, in the
Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...
district, in the English county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
. 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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