Highlaws is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme Abbey in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is located twenty miles to the north-east.

[1] The name of Highlaws comes from the Old English hēah-hlāw, meaning "high mounds".

In the past, variant spellings included Heelawes, Hielawes, Highlows, Hielows, and Hylaws.

[2] The hamlet appears in a survey of Holm Cultram dating back to the year 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII.