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.

Howcroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Hocroft 12 Sawl4d 13 Puds
  • le Houh Ed1 Puds

Etymology

, 1848TA , Hocroft 12Sawl 4d, 13 Puds, v. croft, named from le Houh Ed 1Puds ( v. hōh ' hill ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site