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Survey of English Place-Names

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Howle Hope

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedgefield

Historical Forms

  • un claus' vocat Howle hope 1727 HC/CB
  • Howl Hope 1733 1838×9 TA

Etymology

, un claus ' vocat Howle hope 1727HC /CB , Howl Hope 1733ib , 1838×9TA , cf. Howleforth in f. ns . ( b ) infra , v. hol ' a hole,hollow ' , hop ' an enclosed plot of land, esp. in marshes ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site