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.

Alport

Early-attested site in the Parish of Youlgreave

Historical Forms

  • Aldeport(e) 1159–90,Hy2 Darley c.1191,c.1197 BelCh e.13th Darley 1484 WollCh
  • Alport 1386 Pat 1430 BelCh

Etymology

Alport, Aldeport (e )1159–90, Hy 2 Darley, c. 1191, c. 1197BelCh , e. 13th Darleyet freq to 1484WollCh , Alport 1386 Pat, 1430BelCh .'Old town', v. ald , port 2 ; cf. Alport supra 124, infra 520.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement