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 (8 km) west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2015.[1]

Howe
Howe is located in North Yorkshire
Howe
Howe
Location within North Yorkshire
Population20 
OS grid referenceSE356803
Civil parish
  • Howe
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTHIRSK
Postcode districtYO7
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°13′03″N 1°27′15″W / 54.217500°N 1.454100°W / 54.217500; -1.454100

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 with Roxby 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] Howe became a separate civil parish in 1866.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Population Estimates" (PDF). North Yorkshire County Council. 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2017. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with Ainderby Quernhow and Holme parishes and not counted separately."Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. ^ Standard English words which have a Scandinavian Etymology (The Vikings in England) [1]
  3. ^ Page, William, ed. (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