Greenhow

Greenhow
Greenhow is located in North Yorkshire
Greenhow
Greenhow
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE112641
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHarrogate
Postcode districtHG3
Dialling code01423
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°04′N 1°50′W / 54.07°N 1.83°W / 54.07; -1.83

Greenhow is a village in North Yorkshire, England, often referred to as Greenhow Hill. The term how derives from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill and a mound,[1] so Greenhow literally means 'Green's hill or mound'.[2]

  1. ^ "Standard English words which have a Scandinavian Etymology". Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 204. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.