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.

Aynhams

Other OS name in the Parish of Barnoldswick

Etymology

, names of this form are usually from af-nám ' land detachedfrom an estate ' ( cf. Haynholme 67infra ) .