DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 35 



Edmunds' " Names of Places." 



Munford's "Local Names in Norfolk." 



Domesday Book of Derbyshire. Edited by Llewellynn Jewitt, 



Armstrong's Gaelic Dictionary. 



Spun-ell's Welsh Dictionary. 



Evans's Welsh Dictionary. 



Tauchnitz's Swedish Dictionary. 



Fosbroke's " Encyclopaedia of Antiquities." 



Lyell's " Principles of Geology." 



Cox's "Tourist's Guide to Derbyshire." 



Pilkington's " History of Derbyshire." 



Davies's " History of Derbyshire." 



Lysons' " Magna Britannia." 



Lewis's Topographical Dictionary. 



Rickman's Gothic Architecture. 



Bloxam's Gothic Architecture. 



EXPLANATION OF THE CONTRACTIONS. 



C. Celtic. A.S. Anglo Saxon. ■ N. Norse. N.F. Norman French. 

 L. Latin. D.D.B. Domesday Book. 



Aldwark.— A.S. eald, aid — ancient, old and N. wark— a building or fort ; — 



the old building or fort. 

 Alfreton. — (D.D.B. Elstretvne.) — Camden states that Alfreton is "supposed 



to have been built and named from King Alfred." 

 Alkmonton. — (D.D.B. Alchementvne.) — The first component is from the 



name of the A.S. Saint Alkmond. The postfix is from the A.S. tun — 



a town. Alkmond's town. 

 Allestree. — (D.D.B. Adelardestreu. ) — A.S. Ella — a personal name and 



C. tref, tre — a homestead or hamlet ; — Ella's homestead or hamlet. 

 Alport. — A.S. eald, aid — ancient, old and A.S. port — a port, haven, town, 



city, strong place, a castle built as a haven, a port or gate of a town or 



city; — the old gate or haven. " Port strictly means an enclosed place for 



sale and purchase, a market." — Kemblfs Saxons in England. 

 Alsop. — (D.D.B. Elleshope.)— The present name is probably a corruption 



of the Domesday spelling. The initial syllable is from the name of the 



A.S. King Ella, and the terminal syllable is from the C. hwpp — a sloping 



place between hills ; -the sloping place of Ella between the hills. 

 Alvaston. — (D.D.B. Aleuuoldestune.) — The prefix is from the name of the 



A.S. Saint Elvan. The postfix is from the A.S. tun — a town. Elvan's 



town. 



