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.

Ellerlands

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wensley

Historical Forms

  • Ellerlund 14 YD

Etymology

'Alder wood' v. elri , lundr . Cf. Sutherland 79supra .