English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Callow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Callow

Historical Forms

  • Caldelawe 1086 DB c.1140,c.1170,p.1180 Okeover 1203 FF 1306 Ass
  • Caldelowe c.1200,c.1260 Okeover 1297 Ipm 1298 Cl 1299 FF 1387 Cor
  • Caldlowe 1416 Cl
  • Callow(e) 1428 BelCh 1431 FA 1508 AD
  • Cawley 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Cold hill', v. cald , hlāw ; cf. Callow supra 111.