Allerton

Allerton

English

Etymology

The name of the English location is possibly from Old English alor (“alder”) +‎ -tun, or possibly it was named for Alfred the Great. It is in the Domesday Book as Alvertune.[1]

Proper noun

Allerton

1. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
2. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
3. A village in Illinois, United States.
4. A small city in Iowa, United States.
5. A neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City.
6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Allerton Mauleverer

Translations

place name

Middle English: Alverton[1]

References

• Mills, David (1976), “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN

1. Christopher James Davison Ingledew, The History and Antiquities of North Allerton, in the county of York (1858).