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.

Alkerton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alkerton

Historical Forms

  • Alcrintone 1086 DB 1472 BM
  • Alkrinton 1242–3 Fees
  • Alkrinton' 1246–7 Ass
  • Alkrynton 1472 BM
  • Alcretona 1087 EHRxl 15th
  • Alcretone 1220 Fees
  • Ailcrinton' 1163,1206 P
  • Acrinton' 1187,94 P 1268 Ass
  • Acrenthon 1236 Fees 1302
  • Alcerinton' 1196 P
  • Alkerynton 1284–5 AD
  • Aucrinton 1200 Cur 1231 Cl
  • Aucrinton' 1204 P
  • Aucrintona 1235–6 Bract
  • Aclinton' 1200 Cur
  • Argent' 1200 Cur
  • Aukelinton' 1240–1 Ass
  • Auklinton 1241–2 P
  • Alerinton 1284–5 FA
  • Alkynton 1472 BM
  • Alkertone 1526 LS

Etymology

'Ealhhere 's farm,' v. ingtūn . The same name occurs in Gl.

Places in the same Parish

None