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.

Killhowe

Field in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Killhowe 1597 Ambls

Etymology

Killhowe(probably'kiln hill', v. cyln, haugr)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name