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.

The Elm

Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh

Historical Forms

  • Adams Elm 1777 C

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Adams Elm 1777 C, Allens Elm 1850, Ellen elm farm c. 1872 Rochford , and was named from a magnificent elm at the three - wants way , destroyed c. 1840 (Rochford 323) .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement