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.

Elmerhurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Elmer Hurst 1842 OS

Etymology

, Elmer Hurst 1842 OS , probably a corruption of Elmenhurst , ' wooded-hillgrowing with elms ' , from elmen and hyrst .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site