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 Shap

Historical Forms

  • Schappishow 12 Crk(Nbn4) 17
  • Heppeshov 1235 FF
  • th'How 1668,1676 PR

Etymology

, Schappishow 12 (17) Crk (Nbn 4), Heppeshov 1235FF , the Howe ShpPn 156, th 'How 1668, 1676 PR , v. haugr ' hill ' ; Heppes - is the old form of Shap .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement