Sowerby
SOWERBY was and still is a hill top village, it was also a township within the ancient parish. Lying south of the river Calder it was bounded on the east by the Ryburn stream and on the west by the Elphin brook. The church of St. Peter dates from C.1650. John Tillotson who was born at Haugh End in Sowerby became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1691.
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