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.

Aylescott

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Down

Historical Forms

  • Ailesvescota 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Eilvescote
  • Aileuecote 1167 P
  • Aylyvecoth' 1242 Fees771
  • Aylevescote 1270 Ass
  • Aylescoth' 1242 Fees795
  • Aylyscote 1489 Ipm
  • Al(l)escote 1303,1346,1428 FA

Etymology

Possibly 'the cottage(s) of a man Eilaf ,' bearing an Anglo- Scandinavian name. v. Zachrisson, Some PN Etymologies 8.