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Survey of English Place-Names

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Callowell

Other OS name in the Parish of Stroud

Historical Forms

  • Collowell Leaze 1639 InqM
  • Caliwell 1830 M

Etymology

, Collowell Leaze 1639 InqM,Caliwell 1830 M , possibly ' well in bare ground ' , v. calu ( as a sb . ) , wella , referring to a spring below the hamlet ; the area is lacking in woodland and this fact may be recorded in the name ; the early Collow - suggests some confusion with e.ModE  collow ' coal-dust,grime ' .