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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 1556 inhabitants. The name is compounded of the Saxon terms Ald, old, and bourne, a brook. Aidbourn anciently … large edifice, and contains a circular stone bearing this Saxon inscription: "Ulf commanded this church to be built for …
A Dictionary of London
… charter is not given in Kemble, Birch or Thorpe. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (ed. Plummer and Earle, p.181) mention is … of the foreigners from "ael "=foreign. This word "ael" in Anglo-Saxon, besides being used in place of the prefixes " …
Old and New London
… to the north. Some say it was named after Aldrich, a Saxon, who built it; others, says Stow, attribute it to the … stations in the City, while they are also used by the Anglo-American, the Indo-European, and the Falmouth and … name, according to all old London antiquaries, from the Saxon words, "burgh kennin," or "postern tower," the remains …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Aldingbourne is obscure, depending upon copies of Saxon charters 18 which are certainly corrupt in detail, … as we have seen, was linked with Aldingbourne in the Saxon charters, and the manorial over-lordship remained with …