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.

Pouthowe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Pout how gill 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Pout how gill 1836KCR , probably from e. ModE  pout , a dial . form of poult ' ayoung gamebird ' , v. haugr ' hill ' , gil ' ravine ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name