Allerton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | 700+ words | Copyright

Allerton, usually ‘farmstead or village where alder-trees grow’, OE alor + tūn: Allerton Brad. Alretune 1086 (DB). Allerton Lpool. Alretune 1086 (DB). Allerton Bywater Leeds. Alretune 1086 (DB), Allerton by ye water 1430. Affix ‘by the water’ (OE wæter) refers to its situation on the River Aire. Allerton, Chapel Leeds. Alretun 1086 (DB), Chapel Allerton 1360. Affix is ME chapele ‘a chapel’.

However some Allertons have a different origin: Allerton, Chapel Somerset. Alwarditone 1086 (DB). ‘Farmstead of a man called Ælfweard’. OE pers. name + tūn. Affix as in previous name. Allerton Mauleverer N. Yorks. Aluertone 1086 (DB), Aluerton Mauleuerer 1231. ‘Farmstead of a man called Ælfhere’. OE pers. name + tūn. Manorial affix from the Mauleverer family, here from the 12th cent.

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