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.

Elstree

Major Settlement in the Parish of Elstree

Historical Forms

  • Tiðulfes treow 785 BCS245 11th
  • Tidulvestre 1188 MP
  • Tydolvestre 1214–35,c.1275 Gesta
  • Idulfestre 13th ADiv
  • Idolvestre 1254 FF 13th WAM 1262 Ass
  • Idulvestre 1255,1287 1267 FF
  • Ydolvestre 1278 QW
  • Idelestre 1320 Pat 1330 Ipm 1412 ADvi
  • Idelstre 1331 FF
  • Illestre 1487 Ipm
  • Ilestre 1502 FF 1550 ib
  • Illestree 1536 MinAcct
  • Elstre 1598 N
  • Elstree t.Jas1 Ct
  • Estre 1675 Ogilby
  • Elstre or Eaglestrey 1750 K
  • Ilstrey 1610 CtWards
  • Idelstrey al. Elstrey 1675 FF

Etymology

'Tidwulf 's tree', v. treow . For the dropping of the initial t , v. æt and Hixham infra 186. For the loss of the second syllable, cf. Austrey (PN Wa 13).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site