Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOW-HALL

HOW-HALL, a seat on Ennerdale water, in Cumberland; 6½ miles NE of Egremont. It belonged to the Patricksons, and passed to the Senhouses; and it commands a full view of nearly all the lake.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Cumberland Ancient County
Place: How Hall

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