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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mirk Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Mirkhow(e) 1535 Kendii,99 1640 CWxx,184 1738 Rent1

Etymology

, Mirkhow (e )1535 Kend ii, 99, 1640 CW xx,184et freq to 1738Rent 1 , ' dark hill ' , v. myrkr , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site