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.

Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • How(e) 1535 Kendii,97 1669 PR 1669

Etymology

, How (e )1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97,1669 PR , v. haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site