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.

Howgill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Hollegile 12 Sawl4d
  • Holegile c.1200,c.1240,Ed1 Puds
  • Hol(l)gill, Hol(l)gyll 1285 KI
  • Hougill 1576 WillY
  • Howgill 1589 ib

Etymology

Howgill, Hollegile 12Sawl 4d, Holegile c. 1200, c. 1240, Ed 1 Puds, Hol (l )gill , Hol (l )gyll 1285 KI, 1486 PRHosp, 1543 FF, Hougill 1576 WillY, Howgill 1589 ib. 'Hollow ravine', v. hol 2 , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site