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Survey of English Place-Names

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Howthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Hothweit 1209,1229 Pipe
  • Hochthweit 1227 ib
  • Hotweit 1228 ib
  • Hathwayt 1230 P
  • Haytwayt 1230 CR

Etymology

'Hill clearing,' v. hōh , þveit . Cf. Huthwaite (PN NRY 177), Hucknall under Huthwaite (PN Nt 119–20) and Hewthwaite and Hothwait infra 434, 453.