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.

Howgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Hagill 1633 ib
  • Hawgillhowse 1658 WillS

Etymology

, 1577 Holinshed , 1613 PR , Hagill 1633 ib,Hawgillhowse 1658 WillS , probably ' ravine near the hill ' , v. haugr , gil , for Ha - from How - cf. Phonol. § 8 .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement