Aldbury Nowers
Early-attested site in the Parish of Aldbury
Historical Forms
- le Nowrez 1447 Ct
- the Nowers 1543 ib
- Noers 1356 Ipm
Etymology
Aldbury Nowers is le Nowrez 1447Ct , the Nowers 1543 ib., and is to be associated with the family of Grace de Noers and William Noers (1356 Ipm). The name is therefore manorial in origin. The family must have come from one of the French places called Noers or Noyers , deriving ultimately from LL nucarius , 'nut-tree.' Cf. Longnon 2911 and Gröhler ii, 177–8.For manorial names of this type cf. s. n. Ringer's Fm (PN Ess 297).