Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Howe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hambleden

Historical Forms

atte Hoo 1391 Pat

Howgrounde 1545 LP

Etymology

v. hoh . It lies on a definite spur of ground.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Hambleden