Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ayrykedene, Ayrik(e)dene, Ayricdene 1277–1331 WCR

• Heyrikdene 1314 Watson

• Eyryngdene 1404 MinAcct

• Ayrenden 1434 Pat

• Ayringden(e), Airingden(e), Ayryngden(e) 1465 Pat 1534 YDi 1560 FF 1693 FGr

• Ayryngdeyne 1492 MinAcct

• Erindene 1416 YI

• Eringden(n), Eryngden 1537 FF 1548 YDii 1709 WMB

• Erringden, Erryngden 1588 FF 1641 Rates

• Arendon 1492 MinAcct

• Earingden 1602 FGr

• Errenden 1638 SessnR

• Errinden 1709 WMB

Etymology

'Eric's valley', v. denu . The ON  pers.n. Eiríkr is fairly common in ME (Feilitzen 246, Björkman, NP 34–5), though it is rare in p.ns.The modern form with -ing - is analogical; parallels to -ing - from earlier -ic - already occur in OE  in spellings like Ceardinges ford ASC (F) s.a. 519 for Cerdices ford ib (A) (Karlström). On the variant spellings Air -, Air -, Er - cf. Phonol. § 11.