Where is/was Cow Rigg, Castle Sowerby?

[kathb]

I have this as the place of birth on an ancestors certificate of 1865.  Can anyone help me locate this place please?
Regards
Kathb

[genjen]

Have you tried Genuki for information on this?

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/CastleSowerby/index.html

I'm still looking for the Cow Rigg bit!


Jen

[genjen]

MODIFIED:  Ignore this one....it's nowhere near Castle Sowerby, sorry!

I tried Google maps and found this

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1T4SUNC_enGB374GB375&q=cow+rigg+longtown&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Cow+Rigg,+Easton,+Longtown,+Carlisle,+Cumbria+CA6+5RR&gl=uk&ei=XL5nTdiRGoK0hAeFnr2fDw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA

Gosh, what a long link! But it shows Cow Rigg as being mear Easton in the far north of Cumbria.

Jen

[JenB]

If it helps, in the 1871 census Cowrigg comes up in the Parish of Castle Sowerby and the Township of Bustabeck.
Neighbouring farms are Sour Nook, Stockwell,  Doby Hill, Style, Birks & Birks Hill.

Gosh, what a long link!

You could shrink it using 'shrink link' at the bottom of the page 

[JenB]

Take a look at http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=337500&Y=541500&A=Y&Z=120

There's a 'Low Currig' there, which could have originally been Cow Rigg

[genjen]

Jen, I'd agree with that. You can almost hear how the changes would have happened, if you imagine the word cow being pronounced more like coo.

Other Jen

[JenB]

Neighbouring farms are Sour Nook, Stockwell,  Doby Hill, Style, Birks & Birks Hill.

Sour Nook also shows up on that map, and if you pan north Birks Hill comes into view 

[kathb]

Thanks everyone for the help, do you think this was the name of a farm or a village?  Help please?
Regards
Kathb

[Radcliff]

 I am no expert, but when googling Cow Rigg, a page came up for Marriages in the Longtown area ,

sample marriage record,

November 19 th 1836,at Longtown,
Saturday last ,Mr John Baxter of Baty town to Miss Wilson of Cow Rigg