Middleton Quernhow

A windmill driving a waterpump near Middleton Quernhow

Middleton Quernhow is a settlement and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is very near the A1 road and about 4 miles north of Ripon. Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill, the first element deriving from the Old Norse kvern meaning a mill stone. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name.^[1]

References

1. ^ Yorkshire Place-Name Meanings

External links

Media related to Middleton Quernhow at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 54°12′00″N 1°29′13″W / 54.200°N 1.487°W / 54.200; -1.487

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