English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Allerton Mauleverer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Allerton Mauleverer

Historical Forms

  • Alureton(e), Aluerton(e) 1086 DB
  • Auverton 1238 Pat
  • Aluerton(a), Alverton(a) 1109–14 YCh729 Hy2 Dugdvii 1180–90 YCh730 1243 Fees 1428 DiocV
  • Alverton in Burgersyre 13 Malt
  • Alverton Maleverer 1300 Baild
  • Alverton Mallury 1428 DiocV
  • Alverton Maleverey 1535 VE
  • Allerton 1301 YI 1303 KF
  • Allerton Mauleverer 1458 Pat 1539 NCyWills
  • Allerton Maleverer, Allerton Malyverer 1462 Pat 1559 FF
  • Allerton Maulevery 1500 Testiv
  • Ollerton 1641 Rates
  • Ollerton Mullmalluveur 1643 PRAll
  • Ricardus Malleverer 1180–9 ib 730

Etymology

'Ælfhere's farmstead', from the OE  pers.n. Ælfhere (as also in Northallerton YN 210) and tūn. On the uninflected form of the pers.n. cf. EPN i, 158 (s.v. -es 2 ). 'Mauleverer' from the family of Mauleverer which held Allerton continuously from the time of Ricardus Malus Leporarius , that is 'the bad harrier' (1109–14 YCh 729, Ricardus Malleverer 1180–9 ib 730) to 1720 and, through the female line, to 1786, when the estate was sold to the Duke of York; in 1789 it was bought by a Colonel Thornton who changed the name of the mansion to Thornville Royal (cf. Thornville 9supra ), probably from his own name; after 1805 when Lord Stourton acquired it, the old name was restored.