Aylmerton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Aylmerton
Historical Forms
- Almartune, Almertunet 1086 DB
- Athelmerton 1250 Ass
- Almertone 1254–75 Val 1257 Ass
- Elmertone 1269 Ass
- Ailmarton' 1224 Cur
- Ailmerton 1257 Ass 1353 Ch
- Aylmartona 1224 Bract
- Aylmereton 1243 Cl
- Aylmertone 1269,1286 Ass
- Aylmertun 1272 AD
- Ailmereton 1275 RH
- Aylmerton 1281,1324 Ipm 1312,1324 FF 1316 FA 1319 Pat 1535 VE
- Aylemerton 1347 Fine 1471 FF 1549 Pat
Etymology
'The tūn of Æþelmǣr '. The first element is a well evidenced OE pers. name. The two spelling variants Almer - and Ailmer -, Aylmer - are evidenced with ME examples in Seltén II 30. Two of the DB spellings end with the ampersand, for which Schram writes -et .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Allotment Plantation
- Ash Plantation
- Aylmerton Lodge
- Aylmerton Row
- Beacon Plantation
- Bennington's Lane
- Brake Barn
- Canadas
- Church Farm
- Common Plantation
- Fox Burrow Valley
- Lion's Mouth
- Leech Pits
- Mill Lane
- Hills And Holes
- Marlpit Plantation
- Gunton Green
- Lodge Brake Plantation
- Moor Plantation
- New Plantation
- New Road
- Park Farm
- Red Barn
- Roundwood Hill
- Row Farm
- Row Heath
- Row Plantation
- Sexton's Gate
- The Valleys