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.

Starveacres

Other OS name in the Parish of Aldenham

Historical Forms

  • Starve Acre c.1840 TA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Starve Acre c. 1840TA , a common derogatory name . Cf. infra 263 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement