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.

Howith

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Howet 1600 PRClp
  • Howeth 1619,1650 ib

Etymology

, Howet 1600 PRClp, Howeth 1619, 1650 ib , v. hǫfuð ' headland, hill ' ; the same ON el . occurs also in Eldroth supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement