Howtown is a hamlet in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ...
, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of
Ullswater
Ullswater is the second largest lake in the English Lake District, being about long and wide, with a maximum depth a little over . It was scooped out by a glacier in the Last Ice Age.
Geography
It is a typical Lake District " ribbon lake" ...
in the
Lake District. It lies within the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
of
Martindale.
Howtown is about three and a half miles from
Pooley Bridge and is best reached by water. The
Ullswater 'Steamers' regularly stop there on their way from
Glenridding
Glenridding is a village at the southern end of Ullswater, in the English Lake District. The village is popular with mountain walkers who can scale England's third-highest mountain, Helvellyn, and many other challenging peaks from there.
Et ...
at the southern end of Ullswater to Pooley Bridge at the northern end of the lake.
The name Howtown means "farmstead on the hill". The place name is from the
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
word ''haugr'', meaning "hill" or "mound", and the
Old English word ''tūn'', meaning "town".
Place Names in the Lake District
It contains the Howtown Hotel, Outward Bound Centre and Waternook Lakeside Accommodation. Howtown was founded by the How (or Howe) family.
See also
* Listed buildings in Martindale, Cumbria
References
External links
Howtown Centre, HowtownLake District Walks - Ullswater Lake Walks, Howtown To Glenridding
Hamlets in Cumbria
Martindale, Cumbria
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