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.

Alwalton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alwalton

Historical Forms

  • Aeþelwoldingtun 955 BCS909 c.1200
  • Alwoltune 1086 DB
  • Alevoltone c.1125 LibNigerdeStPetroburg c.1200
  • Aðelwoltun' 1158 P
  • Alwoldton 1176 P
  • Alewalton 1189 Ch 1332 1227 Orig 1292 Ch 1300
  • Ayllewolton 1245 For
  • Alwalton 1268 Ch 1316,1428 FA
  • Aylwalton 1270 Ass 1286
  • Alwaldon 1292 Fine, Orig
  • Alerton 1610 Speed
  • Allerton 1675 Ogilby
  • Alwalton or Allerton c.1750 Bowen

Etymology

'Æðelweald-farm' v. ingtun . The form found in DB and later is not to be regarded as a reduction of the fuller OE form but rather as an alternative name in which the pers. name was directly prefixed to tun without any use of either the -ing - element or, what is even more rare, any use of the genitival suffix in -es .

Places in the same Parish

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