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.

Calvo

Other OS name in the Parish of Holme Low

Historical Forms

  • Calvo(o) 1538 AOMB
  • Callffhow 1548 CWi
  • Calvoe 1624 Ct 1649 ParlSurv

Etymology

[ kɔˑvə ] is Calvo (o )1538AOMB , Callffhow 1548CW i, Calvoe 1624Ct , 1649ParlSurv . Cf. Caluey grange 1605LRMB . ' Calf hill , ' v. haugr . Cf. infra 312 .