English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Agglethorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

  • Aculestorp 1086 DB
  • Acalthorp 1184 RichReg
  • Akolfthorp 1244 Ass
  • Akelthorp 1285 KI 1301 LS
  • Aglethorp(e) 1311,1328 Ch

Etymology

'Aculf's village' from OE  Ācwulf and þorp. On the later forms cf. Wigginton 14supra .