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.

Castle Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1859OS , cf. also Castle Folds 1777 NB 491 , v. castel , haugr , fald , the latter referring to a fold into which cattle could be driven in the event of raids by the Scots (NB 491) ; apart from a small fold there are no remains here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement