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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.

Howick Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rudgwick

Historical Forms

  • Howich 1166 P
  • Howyk(e) 1279 Ass 1296 SR

Etymology

Howick Fm is Howich in 1166 P, Howyk (e ) in 1279Ass (p), 1296 SR. Cf. the same name supra 27. There is a slight spur of land here.