Offerton Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hindlip
Historical Forms
- Alhðretune 978 KCD618 11th
- Alðryðetune c.1040 Hickesii.299 18th
- Alcrintun 1086 DB 1275 SR
- Alcrinton(a), Alcrynton c.1086 EveA&B 1190 RBB 1182 For 18th Ipm 1280 1288
- Alchrinton c.1200 WoC c.1250
- Alreton in Hindelep 1232 Ch
- Alcretun c.1235 Wulst
- Alfverton 1275 SR
- Alcrentone 1280 For
- Alfreton 1535 VE 1546 Wills
- Auferton 1559 Wills
Etymology
OE Ealhðrȳðe -tūn , 'farm of a woman called Ealhthryth ,' with an alternative form in which the two elements were linked together by ing, v. ingtun . The final development of the Alf -, Auf - forms is not easy to explain. Were there earlier pronunciations in which the spirant h (= χ ) in Alh - had become f or was the development a sheer accident? The SR form is in favour of the former suggestion. Note also the history of Alfrick supra 28, where we have further evidence for an early f from h .