Howe, North Yorkshire

Howe
Howe
 Howe shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE356803
Civil parishHowe
DistrictHambleton
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town THIRSK
Postcode district YO7
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°13′03″N 1°27′15″W / 54.217500°N 1.454100°W / 54.217500; -1.454100

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 an 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)
  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.
  4. ↑ Vision of Britain website


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