Howle, Shropshire

Howle
Howle Pool, at Howle Pool Farm, Howle, Shropshire
Howle Howle shown within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ690234
Civil parish	Chetwynd
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	TF10
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	The Wrekin
List of places UK England Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°48′25″N 2°27′32″W / 52.807°N 2.459°W / 52.807; -2.459

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.

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
1 2 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

Ceremonial county of Shropshire

Unitary authorities	Shropshire Council Telford and Wrekin Council

Major settlements	Bishop's Castle Bridgnorth Broseley Church Stretton Cleobury Mortimer Clun Craven Arms Ellesmere Ludlow Market Drayton Much Wenlock Newport Oswestry Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford (Dawley Madeley Oakengates Wellington) Wem Whitchurch See also: List of civil parishes in Shropshire

Rivers	Camlad Clun Corve Ledwyche Onny Perry Rea Rea Brook Redlake Roden Severn Teme Tern Unk Vyrnwy Worfe

Canals	Llangollen Canal Montgomery Canal Shrewsbury Canal Shropshire Union Canal

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