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.

Aylesbeare

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aylesbeare

Historical Forms

  • Ailesberga 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Eilesberge
  • Aylesbere 1227 Ch 1244 Ass 1269 Exon 1274 Ipm
  • Ailesbere 1242 Fees787
  • Aylebere 1254 Pat
  • Aylesbare 1230 FF
  • Aylesbear 1274 Ipm
  • Aylesbyr 1239 Ch
  • Ailesbur' 1242 Cl
  • Aillesbere 1315 Pat
  • Ayllesbeare 1316 FA 1385 Exon
  • Elsbeare 1697 Deed

Etymology

'Ægel 's bearu,' cf. Aylesbury PN Bk 145.