Howe, North Yorkshire

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Howe
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  • Howe
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTHIRSK
Postcode districtYO7
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Howe is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Ainderby Quernhow and the A61 and 5 miles west of Thirsk. The population of the parish was estimated at 20 in 2010.[1] The population as taken in the 2011 Census remained at less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Ainderby Quernhow.

Howe, from the Old Norse word haugr, is a Middle English topographic name for a small hill or a man-made mound or barrow.[2] Howe was historically a township in the ancient parish of Pickhill in the North Riding of Yorkshire. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 it belonged to Count Alan of Brittany. In the Middle Ages the manor belonged to St Leonard's Hospital, York.[3] Holme became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ Standard English words which have a Scandinavian Etymology (The Vikings in England) [1]
  3. ^ William Page (editor) (1914). "Parishes: Pickhill with Roxby". Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 27 June 2013. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Vision of Britain website