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.

Howe Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton

Historical Forms

  • How Hill 1824 O

Etymology

, How Hill 1824 O ; the form is late , but Howe may be from haugr ' a mound,a hill ' .