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.

Ellers

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Ellers or Ellersfielde 1578 Cocker
  • Ellars in Borradaill 1703 PR(Crosth)

Etymology

is Ellers or Ellersfielde 1578Cocker , Ellars in Borradaill 1703 PR (Crosth) . ' Place overgrown with alders , ' v. elri .