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.
Survey of English place-names
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Ellerbeck
Ellerbeck
Early-attested site in the Parish of Brigham
Historical Forms
Ellerbek
1541
MinAcct
Etymology
'Alder stream,'
v.
elri
,
bekkr
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
The Fitz
Fitz Mill
Fitz Woods
Major Settlement
Brigham