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 Howe

Field in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA

Etymology

the Howe(cf. the Howing 1680 Kend iii, 193, v. haugr'hill',eng)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name