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.

Castle Howard

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bulmer

Etymology

The modern mansion was built by the Howard family (VCH ii. 107). The name is gradually displacing the name Hinderskelfe, which is now only the name of the township.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement