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

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Howe 1390–4 Kend ii, 7 (p), Rydal
  • haw 1655,1698 RydalAcct
  • the How 1705 Kendii,17

Etymology

, Howe 1390–4 Kend ii, 7(p), Rydal haw 1655, 1698RydalAcct 1, 32, the How 1705 Kend ii, 17 , v. haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement