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.

Howrigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Westward

Historical Forms

  • Howerigge 1578 Cocker

Etymology

[ hiurik ] is Howerigge 1578Cocker , possibly a compound of hōh and hrycg .