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 .