Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOW-BOUND

HOW-BOUND, a township in Castle-Sowerby parish, Cumberland; 3½ miles SE of Hesket-Newmarket. Real property, £1, 456. Pop., 219. Houses, 42. How Hill here is crowned by an ancient earthwork.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Castle Sowerby CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: How Bound

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