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 Nook

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Howe 1672 NWm

Etymology

, 1829 Dir , cf. How green 1840TA , v. haugr ' hill ' , but possibly named from the family of Robert Howe (1672 NWm 209) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement