# Siward's Howe

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{{Short description|Hill near York, North Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Coord|53.950|-1.052|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}}
right|thumbnail|300px|The water tower on top of Siward's Howe
bottom|thumbnail|320px|Siwards Howe from the campus, 1978
'''Siward's Howe''', sometimes written ''Siwards How'' and also known as '''Heslington Hill''' or '''Bunny Hill''', is a [terminal moraine](/source/terminal_moraine) located to the south-east of the city of [York](/source/York). 
The howe is situated north west of the [Morrell Library](/source/University_of_York_Library) building of the [University of York](/source/University_of_York).  The southern side of the howe is part of [Alcuin College](/source/Alcuin_College%2C_York) of the [University of York](/source/University_of_York). Its imposing [water tower](/source/water_tower) is visible from many parts of the nearby suburbs of [Tang Hall](/source/Tang_Hall) and [Osbaldwick](/source/Osbaldwick).<ref>{{NHLE|num=1015690 |desc=Siwards How, south east of the water tower, Heslington Hill
|date= January 1997 |accessdate= 1 May 2018}}</ref>

Howe, when derived from the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse): ''haugr'', means hill, knoll, or mound and may refer to a tumulus, or barrow. Siward's Howe is named for [Siward, Earl of Northumbria](/source/Siward%2C_Earl_of_Northumbria), the 11th-century [Danish](/source/Denmark) warrior. He was romanticised in the [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) play, ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)''. Siward died at York during 1055 and  is rumoured to have been buried beneath the [tumuli](/source/Tumulus) at the wooded summit.<ref>Eric Partridge (1977)'' Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English'' (Routledge) {{ISBN|0203421140}}</ref><ref>Archaeological Evaluation. Heslington Hill. Heslington York.  (University of York. January 1997)  </ref>

==References==
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==Other sources==
*Aird, William M. (2004)  [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25652 ''Siward, earl of Northumbria (d. 1055), magnate''] (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)

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