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.

Anderton

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch

Historical Forms

  • Underdon 1270 Ass 1355 BM

Etymology

is Underdon 1270Ass , 1355 BM . ' Below the down . ' Anderton (Co) has the same history .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement