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.

Alderton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alderton

Historical Forms

  • Aldri(n)tone 1086 DB
  • Aldrinton, Aldrynton 1196 Cur 1316 FA
  • Aldrenton 1321 FF
  • Aldrington, Aldryngton 1249 FF 1428 FA
  • Alderyngton 1426 Ass 1433 Pat
  • Alderton al. Aldrington t.Jas1 ECP 1628 Recov

Etymology

'Ealdhere 's farm,' v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish