Howk
Other OS name in the Parish of Caldbeck
Historical Forms
- the Hawk 1777 NB
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is the Hawk 1777 NB . Cf. Howkbanke 1652Cocker . “ A great cave or grotto ” ( NB ii , 136 ) . ( H ii , 388 ) says that this word , as a verb , is the common term in the north for scooping out earth … and digging a hole .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Howthwaite
- Brae Fell
- Branthwaite
- Brownrigg
- Greenrigg
- Haltcliff Hall
- Sokbrodland
- Whelpo
- Wodekocshotes
- Hesket Newmarket
Other OS name
- Fairy Bridge
- High Row
- Parkend
- Wath
- Caldbeck Fells
- Crook Bank
- Faulds
- Fell Side
- Flat
- Gillfoot
- The Green
- Hare Stones
- Harrison Ho
- Hazelhurst
- Norman
- Pasture Lane
- Pikeless Gate
- Potts Gill
- Ratten Row
- Red Scar
- Rough Close
- Scalerigg Ho
- Snab
- Stotgill
- Street Head
- Toothill
- Haltcliff Bridge
- Askew Mire
- Bannest Hill
- Biggards
- The Bog
- Brackenriggs
- Burblethwaite
- Calebrack
- Clay Gap
- Height
- Hudscales
- Hutton Sceugh
- Intack
- Knott
- Linewath
- Longlea
- Lonning Foot and Head
- Matthew Rudding
- Moor Ho
- Nether Row
- Townend
- Woodhall
- Woodhall Park
- Dyke Nook
- High
- Paddigill
- Townhead