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.

Howlem Balk

Other OS name in the Parish of Burwell

Historical Forms

  • Howland Balk 1760 Pembroke

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Howland Balk 1760Pembroke , possibly from hōh and land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement