Howarth is a surname of Old English origin, most commonly found among families originating in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, especially around the village of Great Howarth near Rochdale, Lancashire, and Haworth in Yorkshire. It is found in a variety of different interrelated spellings, including Haworth and Howorth, and derives from one of two meanings, hoh-worth, meaning settlement on a small hill, and haga-worth, settlement surrounded by a hawthorn hedge. The first recorded use of the surname in its current spelling is from 1616; earlier varieties are found as far back as Robert de Hawrth in 1200.[1] Other historical spellings of the name include Hearwarthe and Huarth.[2]
There are appropriately 20,000 Howarths in the United Kingdom, centered on the historical location of Great Howarth in Rochdale. [3]
Howarth in the 1881 census
^Howarth", Surname Database, retrieved 14 August 2014.
^"Haworth - Howarth", Haworth Association of America, retrieved 14 August 2014.
^"Haworth - Howarth", British Surnames, retrieved 22 March 2024.
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