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Survey of English Place-Names

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Elderbeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Ellerbeck(e) 1578,1601 Rent 1583 FF
  • Elerbeck 1675 PR

Etymology

, 1676, 1808 PR , Ellerbeck (e )1578, 1601Rent , 1583FF , Elerbeck 1675 PR , ' alder stream ' , v. elri , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name