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.

Ayland

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Eland 1400 YI

Etymology

, Eland 1400 YI , v. ēa-land ' landby water ' , here the level land between Backstone Gill and the R . Dee .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement