English Place-name Society

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.

Hawes

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Hawes 1614 NR
  • the Hawes 1666 Visit

Etymology

The village is only of recent growth. The meaning of the name is 'neck, pass between the mountains' v. hals .