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.

Baldhow

Other OS name in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Bawthow(e) 1592 PR
  • Balthow 1650 ib
  • Boathow 1678 PR
  • Balldhow 1725 ib

Etymology

is Bawthow (e )1592 PRet freq , Balthow 1650 ib. (Matterdale), Boathow 1678 PR, Balldhow 1725 ib . For the second element v. haugr . The forms of the first element are too late and too varied to allow of interpretation .