Howe, Yorkshire
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| Howe | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Farm at Howe Hill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE356803 |
| Location: | 54°13’3"N, 1°27’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 20 |
| Post town: | Thirsk |
| Postcode: | YO7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Howe is a small village in the North Riding of Yorkshire, near Ainderby Quernhow and the A61 and five miles west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2015.
The name ‘Howe’, from the Old Norse word haugr, is a Middle English topographic name for a small hill or a man-made mound or barrow.[1] Howe was historically a township in the ancient parish of Pickhill with Roxby.
At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the land belonged to Count Alan of Brittany. In the Middle Ages the manor belonged to St Leonard's Hospital, York.[2]
References
- ↑ Standard English words which have a Scandinavian Etymology (The Vikings in England) [1]
- ↑ A History of the County of York: North Riding - Volume 1 pp 377-383: Parishes: Pickhill with Roxby (Victoria County History)