The story
- Old Norse · derived fromkiǫlr“keel, ridge”
- English todayKelham
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.