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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitehaven

Historical Forms

Holgile, Holegyll c.1170 StB

Etymology

'Deeply cut ravine'.Cf. Hole Gil supra 336.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Whitehaven