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.

How

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Howes 1597 Ambls

Etymology

, Howes 1597 Ambls 82 , cf. the Howhead 1707Ct , v. haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name