Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Aldelime 1086 DB

• Aldelim(e) c.1180 AddCh

• Aldelyme John ib

• Aldelimu 1291 Tax

• Aldelym 1527 ChRR

• Aldelyn 1220–40 1342 ChRR 1438

• Aldelyne 1281 Court 1327 Pat

• Aldelin 1486 MidCh

• Aldeline 1621 Orm2 1656

• Audelime c.1280 Chol 17

• Audelym(e) 1281 Cl 1285 Chol 1301 AddCh

• Audeline 1282 Court

• Aldelune 1304 Chamb

• Aldeleme 1348 Eyre

• Aldelem 1388 Pat 1724 NotCestr

• Aldeleym(e) 1393 ChCal 1421 Plea

• Aldeleem 1469 Cre

• Aldlim 1425 MidCh

• Aldlyme 1485 Plea

• Aldlem 1496,1621 Orm2 1724 NotCestr

• Audelem 1527 ChCert 1592 Orm2 1646 Sheaf 1687 Chol

• Awdelem c.1550 Surv

• Audilem 1577 Cre

• Audeleyn 1547 MinAcct

• Audelen 1549 Pat

• Aldelam 1548 Pat

• Aldelen 1549,1550 Pat

• Awlame c.1550 Surv

• Awlam 1565 Wil

• Awlem 1558 AddCh 1619 Sheaf

• Aulem 1656 Orm2 1708 Sheaf

• Aulem alias Audlem 1721 Chol

• Awleme alias Awlam alias Audelam 1565 Wil

• Audelam 1565 Wil

• Audlem 1575 Cre 1646 Sheaf

• Audlem alias Aldelem, Audlem alias Aldlem, Audlem alias Aulym 1724 NotCestr

• Auldlim 1579 Chol

• Adelem 1644 Sheaf

• Audlim 1652 Sheaf

• Audlaham, Audleham 1685 Chol

• Aulme 1719 Sheaf

• Aulym 1724 NotCestr

• Audlan 1769 Wil

Etymology

The second el. of this p.n. is The Lyme 1 2. The formation of this p.n. may be analogous with that of Burslem St which is 'Burgweard's or Burgheard's part of The Lyme ' (DEPN, Duignan). In that case, the first el. of Audlem would be the OE  pers.n. Alda , Ealda . However, the forms of Audlem would support derivation from a first el. ald 'old, former', and the p.n. probably means 'formerly in The Lyme , former Lyme territory'. This raises unanswered questions of the history and geography of The Lyme , and in particular, of the time and and cause of Audlem's removal from it.