Sword Ho
Other OS name in the Parish of Birker and Austhwaite
Historical Forms
- Sword Hows ib.
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is Sword Hows ib. Apparently ' sword hill , ' from OE sweord and haugr , though the significance of the name cannot now be discovered .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Low Birker
- Birker Dub
- Birkerthwaite
- Brant Rake
- Fox Bield
- High Ground
- Low Ground, Milkingstead Mire
- Tewit Moss
- Whincop
- Wonder Hill