English Explanatory Dictionary

Kelham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).
  2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Kelham Kelhams Kallam Kellam

Etymology

Recorded as Calun in the Domesday Book, the village's name probably derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse kiǫlr (“keel, ridge”), with reference to the line of hill north-west of the village.

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