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.

Ellers

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • le Ellers 1641 Kendii,414
  • ye Ellors 1678 PR(Md)

Etymology

, le Ellers 1641 Kend ii, 414, ye Ellors 1678 PR(Md) , v. elri ' alder-tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site