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.

The How

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Ives

Historical Forms

  • le Howe 1251 Rams c.1350 Ct 1287

Etymology

v. hoh . The name is descriptive of the site, upon a low hill- spur.

Places in the same Parish