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).