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.

Castlehows Point and Rumneys Mead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Castelhow 1579 PR
  • Romeneye 1581 ib

Etymology

probably to be associated with the families of Thomas Castelhow (1579 PR) and Oswold Romeneye (1581 ib.).