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.

Nallers Dairy Ho & Nallers Dairy Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Askerswell

Historical Forms

  • Nollars 1737–56 DCMDeed
  • Nallers 1774 Hutch1 1811 OS
  • Nollers Farm, Nollers House & Nollers Mead 1845 TA

Etymology

, estate at Nollars 1737–56 DCMDeed, Nallers (a farm) 1774 Hutch1, 1811 OS, Nollers Farm , Nollers House & Nollers Mead 1845TA , ' (place at) the alders ' , from alor ' alder ' , the initial N - being all that remains of ME  atten ' at the ' , cf. nearby AlderMoor supra ; these names are possibly to be associated with the surname de Alneto found in connection with Eggardon hundred in 1268Ass , cf. also John de Alneto who held Broadwindsor in 1328 Pat .