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.

Great How

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • the Greit(e) howe 1578 Comm
  • Greathow 1580,1633 Dep

Etymology

, the Greit (e ) howe 1578Comm ,Greathow 1580, 1633Dep , ' the great hill ' , v. grēat , haugr ; this hill between the Sprint and Stockdale rises to 1580 ft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name