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Usually ‘estate associated with a man called Ealdhere’, OE pers. name + -ing- + tūn: Alderton Gloucestershire Aldritone (1086) (DB). Alderton Northamptonshire Aldritone (1086) (DB). Alderton Wiltshire Aldrintone (1086) (DB).
However two Aldertons have a different origin, ‘farmstead where alders grow’, OE alor + tūn: Alderton Shropshire Olreton (1309). Alderton Suffolk. Alretuna (1086) (DB).
However two Aldertons have a different origin, ‘farmstead where alders grow’, OE alor + tūn: Alderton Shropshire Olreton (1309). Alderton Suffolk. Alretuna (1086) (DB).
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| Alderwasley, Aldfield, Aldford |
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Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names
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