Temple Sowerby
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Temple Sowerby is a village in Cumbria, northern England. It is on the main east-west A66 road about eight miles (13 km) east of Penrith in the Eden Valley.
At the centre of the village is the village green surrounded by cottages and houses, the village hall, the Kings Arms public house and the Church of England school. On the other side of the road just outside the village stands the cricket pitch, a bowling green, the new doctors surgery, the Temple Sowerby House Hotel and the Temple Sowerby garage. The National Trust property Acorn Bank is nearby, which dates back to the days of the crusades when a knight of the templar lived there. The village's association with the knights of the templar gave it the name 'Temple'. Sowerby is viking for "a homestead with poor soil".
[edit] A66 Bypass
The inhabitants of Temple Sowerby have been campaigning for a bypass for the village for more than twenty years, on account of the noise brought by the 13,000 vehicles per day [1] that travel through the village, and because several casualties have resulted due to the busy road. Construction of the bypass began in the spring of 2006, and is due for completion in 2008.
