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.

Waite Howes

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • le Watehou 1339 Lowth(Sh7)

Etymology

, le Watehou 1339Lowth (Sh 7) , ' wet hill ' , v. vátr , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement