Howe in the Domesday Book (1086)

Howe is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Land of Count Alan in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Land of Count Alan

• Achebi
• Agglethorpe
• Ainderby [Mires]
• Ainderby [Quernhow]
• Aiskew
• Aldbrough
• Allerthorpe [Hall]
• Ascam
• Ascham
• Asebi
• Aske [Hall]
• Askrigg
• Aysgarth
• Baldersby

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Howe is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Howe.

Listed Buildings Near Howe

Historic England records 11 listed buildings within about a mile of Howe. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade II

• The Rookery - 0.15 km
• The Farm - 0.26 km
• Pump to Rear of Howe Hall - 0.33 km
• Howe Hall - 0.34 km
• Ainderby Hall - 0.83 km
• Ainderby Villa - 0.9 km
• The Old Hall - 0.94 km
• Skipton Bridge - 1.03 km
• Swale Bridge - 1.04 km
• Skipton House - 1.11 km
• Skipton Hall - 1.28 km

Scheduled Monuments Near Howe

Scheduled monuments are nationally important archaeological sites given legal protection. 1 lies within roughly a mile of Howe:

• Henge monument 850 m south-south-west of Sinderby - 1.45 km

Howe Today

Today Howe lies within the administrative area of Hambleton, and the settlement recorded a population of 17 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Howe on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Ainderby Quernhow - 1.0 km W
• Sinderby - 1.4 km NW
• Skipton on Swale - 1.4 km SE
• Holme - 2.0 km N
• Asebi - 2.0 km S
• Baldersby - 2.0 km S