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Survey of English Place-Names

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Howley Grove

Other OS name in the Parish of Mitcheldean

Historical Forms

  • Howle 1544 LP 1563 FF

Etymology

, 1830M , Howle 1544 LP, 1563FF , ' clearing in the hollow ' , v. hol 1 , lēah , the cleared land being in the bottom of a valley ; it is now in Lea (He) .