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.

Great Aldercar Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstead Rural

Historical Forms

  • Inthenaldres 1380 FF
  • Alacre 1551 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Inthenaldres 1380FF (p),Alacre 1551 Pat . ' Alder marsh , ' v. alor , kiarr . Aldercar is common on the modern map , but early examples are rare . Cf. (le ) Aldercarr (e ) (Rayne) 1501 EAS ix , the Alderker (Colchester)1495 ParlR and infra 583 .