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.

Aller

Other OS name in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • Alre 1238 Ass
  • Allere, Alre, Aure 1339 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Alre 1238Ass , Allere , Alre , Aure 1339Ass . ' At thealder . '