DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



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Aston. — (D.D.B. Estune, Estvne.) — A.S. xsc, — an ash tree, or perhaps 

 A.S. ast — a kiln, and A.S. tun — a town; — the ash tree town or kiln 

 town. But see note to Ashbourn, supra. 



Aston, Coal. — For the derivation of Aston, see above. The adjunct is from 

 the A.S. col, coll — coal ; — the coal kiln town or the coal ash tree town. 



Aston-on-Trent. — (D.D.B. /Estun, Estvne.) — Vide Aston, ante. For the 

 adjunct, see Trent, river, infra. 



Atlow. — (D.D.B. Etelavve.) — A.S. eten, eton, eoten — a giant, a monster, or 

 perhaps ata — an oat (atan — oats, tares,) and A.S. hlasw, hlaw, low, — a 

 hill, an elevation, a rising tract of ground, also a heap, grave, barrow, 

 tumulus ; — the giant's hill or barrow, or the oat hill. 



Axe Edge. — The first component is from A.S. resc — the ash. The ad- 

 junct is from A.S. ecg, ecge — an edge. The edge or boundary by the 

 ash trees. 



Bakewell. — (D.D.B. Badeqvella.) — Camden states that Bakewell was 

 called by the Saxons Baddecan Well. This is probably a derivative of 

 A.S. bedician, to bedike, or protect with a dike or bank, from A.S. be — 

 a prefix frequently used to express an active signification, and A.S. 

 dician, from die, a dike or bank, and also the correlative of the above — a 

 ditch or foss, and A.S. wyl, wil, wyll, well — a well or fountain; — the 

 bediked well, or the well surrounded with a dike or ditch. 



Ballidon. — (D.D.B. Belidene.) — The first component is probably from C. 

 bala — a budding, an efflux. The terminal syllable is from den, a Celto- 

 Saxon root, or a Celtic word adopted by the Saxons, meaning a vale, 

 hollow, or deep-wooded valley — the Anglo-Saxon form being denu. The 

 valley of the efflux, i.e., the place where the stream flows from the spring 

 or lake. 



Bamford. — (D.D.B. Banford.) — A.S. beam — a beam, a post, a stock of a 

 tree, a tree, and A.S. ford — a ford ; — the ford by the post, tree stump, 

 or tree. 



Barlborough. — (D.D.B. Barleborg.)— The prefix is from the A.S. personal 

 name Beorla. The postfix is from the A.S. burh, burg, burge, burhg, 

 birig, byrig — a town, city, fort, castle, a fortified hill or place. Beorla's 

 city or fortified place. 



Barlow (Great and Little). — (D.D.B. Barleie.) — Several etymons may be 

 proposed for this place-name, and it is difficult to determine which is the 

 correct derivation. The initial syllable may be from the A.S. bere — 

 barley, as in Barton Blount, a. v., or from the C. bar — a bush, or from the 

 C. bar — a fence or bar, or from the A.S. bar — a wild boar, and probably 

 adopted as a personal name. The terminal syllable is from the A.S. 

 htew, hlaw, low — a hill, an elevation, a rising tract of ground, also a 

 heap, grave, barrow or tumulus, though from the Domesday spelling it 



