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.

Stone How

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blencogo

Historical Forms

  • Stainhowrigg c.1190 HolmC
  • Stonehow riveing 1633 Deed

Etymology

v. steinn , haugr , hryggr (under hrycg ).

Cf. Old Thornby , Thorne Ends ib.v. and cf. Thornby supra 119.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement