Brough Sowerby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

In the 21st century, the main occupations are farming, building and vegetable oil refining.

Brough Sowerby was held successively by the Vetriponts, the Cliffords, and the earls of Thanet.

[6] The Wharton family started to accumulate freehold in Sowerby in late Tudor times.

[6] Mrs. Ewbanke, William Cleasby, of Kirkby Stephen; Christopher Bousfield, Thomas Davis, John Waistell, of Appleby, and several other small owners are the principal landowners.