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.

How

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Howe 1542 DuLa
  • the Hoowe 1600 PR(Crosth)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Howe 1542DuLa , the Hoowe 1600 PR (Crosth) . v. haugr .