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.

Hawber

Other OS name in the Parish of Bracewell

Historical Forms

  • Howber 1812 Whit

Etymology

, Howber 1812 Whit , ' hill with a tumulus ' , v. haugr , beorg ; there is an ancient camp on the hill - top .