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.

Island Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • Heland 1685 PR(Laner)
  • ye Isleland 1694 ib
  • the Elin 1758 ib
  • (the) Eling 1762–3 ib
  • the Eland 1763 ib

Etymology

are named from Heland 1685et freq PR (Laner),ye Isleland 1694 ib., the Elin 1758 ib., (the ) Eling 1762–3 ib., the Eland 1763 ib . This is low - lying land by the river , v. ēgland .