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.

Gallow Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Foxton

Historical Forms

  • Calowdon 1328 Banco
  • Calewehill 1364 Peake
  • Calewehille 1364 Cl
  • Caluhulle 1386 Hastings
  • Calwehull 1419 Coram
  • Calewhill(e) 1426 Cl 1433 Peake

Etymology

, 1877 White ; it is Calowdon 1328 Banco (v. dūn), Calewehill 1364Peake , Calewehille 1364 Cl,Caluhulle 1386 Hastings, Calwehull 1419 Coram, Calewhill (e )1426 Cl,1433Peake , ' the bare hill ' , v. calu , hyll ; the early dūn in the toponym was replaced by hyll and the restyled name was later attracted to the unrelated Gallow Field supra .