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.

Howfoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Cockermouth

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Howfyt ib. , the howe fitts 1578 ib . The meadows ( v. fit ) lie by the Derwent under a hill ( v. haugr ) .