Stowe.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place in England: A civil parish and former village in Buckinghamshire.
A place in England: A hamlet in St Briavels parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5606).
A place in England: A hamlet in Whitney-on-Wye parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO2847).
A place in England: A small village and civil parish in south-west Shropshire, also spelt Stow (OS grid ref SO3173).
A place in England: A suburb of Lichfield, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK1210).
A place in the United States: A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
A place in the United States: A town in Lamoille County, Vermont.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place”).
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