A topographic surname from Old English. • A place name: • A number of places in England: • A village and civil parish in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4682). • A hamlet in Beetham parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5078). • A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7786). • A small village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU1818). • A hamlet south of Gillingham, Medway borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7765). • A hamlet in Cucklington parish, Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7527). • A suburban village in the north of Farnham parish, Waverley district, Surrey (OS grid ref SU8448). • A number of places in the United States: • An unincorporated community in Yuma County, Colorado. • An unincorporated community in Jones County, Iowa. • An unincorporated community in Salt Creek Township, Chautauqua County, Kansas. • An unincorporated community in Plainfield Township, Iosco County, Michigan. • A neighbourhood in southern Minneapolis, Minnesota. • A minor city in Carroll County, Missouri. • A ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. • A town and unincorporated community therein, in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. • A locality on the Algoma Central Railway, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. • A town in Korogwe District, eastern Tanzania. • A locality in the south of the Northern Territory, Australia, named after the Hale River.