Callow in the Domesday Book (1086)
Callow appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Hamston in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Hamston
- Alsop [-en-le-Dale]
- Ashbourne
- Atlow
- Ballidon
- Bonsall
- Bradbourne
- Brassington
- Broadlowash
- Carsington
- Cowley
- Cromford
- Elton
- Hanson [Grange]
- Hartington
The Meaning of the Name
The origin of the name Callow is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.