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.

Aldhurst Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Capel

Historical Forms

  • Aldhowse 1448 Norfolk 1597 ib
  • Aldherst 1622 Survey
  • Alders Farm 1765 R.

Etymology

Aldhurst Fm is Aldhowse 1448Norfolk , 1597 ib., Aldherst 1622Survey , Alders Farm 1765 R. 'Old house,' with a common corruption (v. Introd. xxv). The present farm is early 16th century (VCH iii, 134), and the epithet must have been given to an earlier building on the site.