sentences:  How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word "haugr" meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name.In this instance, the Quernhow in question is a small hillock on a road that was the dividing line between the parishes of Ainderby and Middleton Quernhow.The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being a manor of 5 carucates, once held by Tor, but by 1086 was in the possession of Count Alan.