Carrow

Carrow is a name used for both places and people. The most widely recognized reference in English everyday usage is Carrow Road, the football stadium in Norwich, England. Located in Norfolk, Carrow Road is the home ground of Norwich City Football Club and serves as a landmark in the city’s sports landscape.

As a surname, Carrow appears in English-language records and genealogies. It is found in various Anglophone countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, and Australia, often reflecting family heritage tied to place-names.

Geographically, the form Carrow has appeared in multiple toponymic contexts within the British Isles. These usages typically derive from historic naming conventions that link a location to a natural feature, landholding, or parish name, and they may refer to districts, small settlements, or locally known features bearing the same spelling.

In contemporary usage, Carrow may appear in organizational or cultural contexts that draw on the place-name or family-name associations. It is commonly encountered as a proper noun in references to places, people, or institutions connected to the name, rather than as a common noun with a general meaning.