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.

Ellerby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Swine

Historical Forms

  • Aluuardebi, Alu(u)erdebi 1086 DB
  • Ewardeby 1231 Ass
  • Helredeby 1246 ib
  • Elward(e)by, Eluardby c.1265 KF 1285 KI 1286 Ch 1303 YI 1563 FF
  • Ellerbye als. Ellwerbye 1583 FF
  • Elerdebey 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

'Ælfweard 's farm,' v. by . Cf. Ellerby (PN NRY 136) and Allerthorpe infra 184, which also have the uninflected genitive.