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.
Survey of English place-names
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Row Howes
Row Howes
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brompton
Historical Forms
Ruchou
c.1242
Malton
Etymology
'The rough mound'
v.
ruh
,
haugr
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Sawdon
Darncombe
Foulbridge
Wydale
Backleys
William's Cross
Major Settlement
Brompton
Snainton
Trouts Dale