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How is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. How is located eight miles due east of the city of Carlisle, to the south of Hayton. There are many hotels in Cumbria with How in the name. The name How is derived from the
Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
word ''haugr'' meaning hill or mound.''Standard English words which have a Scandinavian Etymology'' (The Vikings in England)
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* Hamlets in Cumbria Hayton, Carlisle {{Cumbria-geo-stub