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.

Howburn

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Howburne 1631 1714 PR

Etymology

is Howburne 1631 ib., 1714PR . As the second element is OE  burna , the first is probably OE  holh rather than ON  holr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement