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.

The Elms

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine

Historical Forms

  • de la Helme 1182 RBB 18th
  • atten Elmes 1299 RBB 18th

Etymology

Self-explanatory, the first form showing inorganic h .