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Edale. — (D.D.B. Aidele.) — A.S. ay, ea, ey— water, running water, a stream, 

 a river, and A.S. dal — a dale ; — the dale by the stream. 



Edensor. — (D.D.B. Ednesoure, Ednesovre, Hennesoure.) — A.S. Eden, a 

 personal name, and A.S. ofer — a margin, boundary, brink, bank, ridge ; — 

 Eden's margin, boundary, or bank. 



Edinghale, Edinghall, or Edingale. — (D.D.B. Ednunghalle, 

 Ednvnghale.) — This village is partly in Staffordshire and partly in Derby- 

 shire. The prefix is the A.S. patronymic Edingas, indicating a filial 

 settlement of the Edings, and the final syllable is the A.S. alh, ealh, heal, 

 heall — a hall, palace, temple, place of entertainment, inn, house ; — the 

 hall or house of the Edings. 



Edlaston. — The prefix is from the A.S. personal name /Ethel, and the 

 final syllable from the A.S. tun — a town ; — /Ethel's town. 



Eggfinton. — (D.D.B. Eghintvne.)— A.S. Eggin — a personal name, and A.S. 

 tun — a town ; — Eggin's town. 



Egstow. — (D.D.B. Tegestou.) — A.S. Egga — a personal name, and A.S. 

 stoc — a stock, stem, trunk, block, stick, or a place surrounded with 

 stocks — a stockaded place ; — Egga's stockaded place. 



Elmton. — (D.D.B. Helmetvne.) — A.S. ellm, elm— an elm, and A.S. tun — 

 a town ; — the elm town, or the town by the elm. 



Elton.— (D.D.B. Eltvne.)— A.S. eald, aid— ancient, old, and A S. tun— a 

 town ; — the old town. 



Elvaston. — (D.D.B. /Elvvoldestune.) — A.S. Elvan — a personal name, and 

 A.S. tun — a town ; — Elvan's town. 



Etwall.— (D.D.B. Etewelle.)— The initial syllable is probably from A.S. 

 eoten, eten, eton — a giant, a monster. For the etymology of the terminal 

 syllable see the initial syllable in Walton, infra. Etwall is situated 6 

 miles W.S.W. from Derby, and within 2 miles of the line of Ryknield- 

 street. 



Eyam. — (D.D.B. Aivne.) — A corruption of Eyham. A.S. ay, ea, ey — 

 water, and A.S. ham — a home, dwelling, village ; — the water village, or 

 the village by the water. 



EndloW- — A.S. ende — an end, extremity, the last, and A.S. hlaw, hlajw, 

 low — a hill ; — the end or extremity of the hill, or the last hill. 



Fairfield. — A.S. faran — to go, proceed, march, travel — faer — a going, 

 journey — derivative faer — a way, and A.S. feld, fild — a field, pasture, 

 plain ;— the field by the way. The initial syllable may, however, be 

 derived from the N. faar — a sheep, and the suffix as above ; — the sheep 

 pasture or field. 



Farley. — (D.D.B. Farleie.) — The derivation of the initial syllable is as in 

 Fairfield q.v. The final syllable is A.S. leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lab.— a 

 meadow, a field, land ; — the field by the way, or the sheep field. 



