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.

Howe Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkburn

Etymology

Howe Hill (6″). Cf. Robert atte Hou 1333SR . v. haugr 'mound.' There is a tumulus nearby.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement