Howle, Shropshire
Howle, also spelt Howl, is a small village in Shropshire, England, in a rural area some five miles to the north-west of the town of Newport. Although it is part of the civil parish of Chetwynd, the nearest village is Child's Ercall.
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 Howle Pool, at Howle Pool Farm, Howle, Shropshire | |
  Howle Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ690234 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | TF10 |
| Dialling code | 01952 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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The village name has been variously suggested as being derived from the Old English personal name element Hyge-[1] or from a word meaning "hill".[2] In the Domesday Book survey it was recorded as the manor of Hugle.[3]
Howle is on the edge of Ercall Heath, which was largely forested until World War I and has been partly brought into cultivation since;[2] the River Meese flows nearby. There is a holy well, formerly used by those seeking cures, south of Howle near the road to Tibberton.[4]
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- Bowcock, E. W. Shropshire place names, Wilding & Son, 1923, pp.125-6
- Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.96
- Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, EPNS, 1990, p.161
- Raven, p.202
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