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.

Eller Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Helrebec 1201 ChR
  • Ellerbe(c)k 1335 ForP 1619 NRS

Etymology

'Alder stream' v. elri , bekkr . The initial h - of the first spelling is inorganic.