Alder Carr
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hildersham
Etymology
Alder Carr (6″). Cf. The Alders 1795Map , Alder Car c. 1840TA .car (r ) is clearly the word carr denoting a marsh grown over with brushwood, a loan-word deriving ultimately from ON kiarr. It is not found elsewhere in Cambridgeshire. It is found in Essex (PN Ess 583), but even there is very rare except in the compound Aldercar , the earliest example dating from the 15th century.