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.

Ellerton Abbey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Downholme

Historical Forms

Elreton 1086 DB 1228 Pat 1230 Ebor 1268 Abbr

Ellerton(a), Ellertun 1184 RichReg

Etymology

'Alder enclosure' v. elri , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement