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.

Howtown Wyke

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • How-Town Bay or How-Town Wike 1787 Clarke

Etymology

, a bay in Ullswater , How -Town Bay or How -Town Wike 1787 Clarke , v. prec. , vík ' creek ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name