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.

Annaside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitbeck

Historical Forms

  • Ainresate c.1145 StB
  • Aynerset c.1150 1242 FF 1340 GDR
  • Ainresete, Aynnerset 1228–43 DuLa
  • Ainersathe 1261–72 ib
  • Eynersate 1278 Ass
  • Aynirset 1382 Pat
  • Enresate c.1150 StB
  • Andersetta c.1170 StB
  • Annerside 1503 Norfolk
  • Anerset 1526 DuLa
  • Annasyde 1658 CWxiv
  • Anneseed 1679 LowtherW
  • Anns's Side 1774 Donald
  • Anderset, now called Agnes Seat 1777 NB

Etymology

'Einarr 's sætr,' from the common ON  personal name Einarr .