October 2010 - Howes that?

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And there is a Howes Corner Road in Turner, Maine.

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Correspondent Elaine points out that there is a Howes Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada named after Douglas George Howes who died in 1944. You can see it on the map here:
http://www.sasksearch.com/maps/geo_memo ... g=-104.767

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From Streetmap.co.uk is a complete list of roads beginning with the word Howes:
Howes Avenue, Thurston, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31

Howes Brae, Skirling, Biggar, Lanarkshire, ML12

Howes Close, Barrs Court, Bristol, BS30

Howes Close, Hethersett, Norwich, NR9

Howes Close, London, N_3

Howes Court, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24

Howes Crescent, Aberdeen, AB16

Howes Croft, Birmingham, B_35

Howes Drive, Aberdeen, AB16

Howes Gardens, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU13

Howes Holdings, Annan, Dumfriesshire, DG12

Howes Lane, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26

Howes Lane, Coventry, CV3

Howes Lane, Mattishall, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20

Howes Lane, Northowram, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3

Howes Lane, Westoning, Bedford, MK45

Howes Park, Aberdeen, AB16

Howes Place, Aberdeen, AB16

Howes Place, Cambridge, CB3

Howes Road, Aberdeen, AB16

Howes Road, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21

Howes Road, Hunmanby, Filey, North Yorkshire, YO14

Howes Street, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, ML5

Howes View, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21

Howes Yard, Cley, Holt, Norfolk, NR25

Many of these are from Scotland, particularly around Aberdeen. Does anyone know whether they refer to HOWES or HOWE?

And here are some for Hows and Howse:
Streets

Hows Close, Broad Oak, Rye, East Sussex, TN31

Hows Close, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8

Hows Mead, North Weald, Epping, Essex, CM16

Hows Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8

Hows Street, E_2

Hows Street, London, E_2

Howse Street, Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S_74

Only one Howse!

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Some additional notes prior to my creating a list:
HOWES Valley in New South Wales is actually HOWE's Valley, named after John Howe
Howes Lake, located approximately 20 miles north of Kingston, Ontario off Hwy 38.
Howes Corners, a hamlet on Hwy 27, just west of Midland, Ontario

Paul