English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Howes Bield & Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Historical Forms

  • How(e) 1665,1669 PR

Etymology

, 1859OS , ME  belde ' shelter ' , named from the family of John or Lancelot How (e ) (1665, 1669 PR) .