Ailsworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ailsworth
Historical Forms
- Ægeleswurð, to ægeleswurðe 948 BCS871 c.1200
- Aegeles-wurð 10th BCS1131 c.1200
- Aegeleswyrð ib.
- Eglesworde 1086 DB
- Eleswurda 1166 P
- Elleswurda 1166 P(CR)
- Ayleswrth 1189 Ch 1332
- Aileswurth 1227 Ch
- Eilewrd 1198 Cur
- Eilesworth' 1202 Ass
- Eylesworthe 1214–22 PeterbB
- Eylisworth 1284 FA
- Eylleswurth 1305 Ipm
Etymology
'Ægel 's farm,' v. worþ , cf. Aylesbury (PN Bk 145) and Aylesbeare (PN D 580).