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.

Aynerholme

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Aynerholm(e) 1274 Kendii,90 1297 Pat 1344 Kendii,92 1347,1350 Cl 1383 Pedw78
  • Aymerholm 1356 Furn
  • Heynerholm 1323 Kendi,17
  • Ayrholm 1324 Ipm
  • Aynderholm 1375 Ipm
  • Ayndholme 1391 Kendii,95

Etymology

If the first el. is the ON  pers.n. Einarr (gen.sg. Einars ), we have to assume an uninflected form in the p.n. v. holmr . It was described as 'a wood in Crosthwaite' (1347 Kend ii, 63).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site