Edensor
Major Settlement in the Parish of Edensor
Historical Forms
- Edensoure 1086 DB
- Edenesouer(e), Edenesour(e),Edeneshou(e)re, Edenesor(e) 1199,1205 P 1205 ClR 1376 DbCh
- Edenshore 1597 Lanc
- Edensore 1605 DbAxvi
- Edinshouere 1275 RH
- Edinsouere 1322 DbCh
- Edynso(u)re 1453 Ipm 1547 WollCh
- Edinsor 1577 Saxton
- Ednisouria, Ednesouria, Ednesouer(e), Ednesour(e), Edneshouere, Ednesover(e), Ednesofre, Ednesor(e) Hy2 Dane Hy2 Darley Hy2 HarlCh 1196 FF 1206 P late17th
- Eddingsoor Ed4 DuLa
- Ensoure 1567 Lanc
Etymology
'Ē(a)din's sloping bank', v. ofer 2 , the village being situated on the fairly steeply sloping right bank of the Derwent. For this OE pers.n. cf. Great Edstone (PN NRY 58), Edge Knoll (PN NbDu 71) and Studies 7–8. For the pronunciation cf. the surname Ensor .