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.

Howtown

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • How(e)town(e) 1676 PR(Brt) 1721 PR(Bm) 1770 Young

Etymology

, How (e )town (e )1676PR(Brt), 1721 PR(Bm), 1770 Young , v. haugr ' hill ' , tūn ( ME  toun ' village ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name