Allerton

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English

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Etymology

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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

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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.

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References

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  • Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN
  1. 1.0 1.1 Christopher James Davison Ingledew, The History and Antiquities of North Allerton, in the county of York (1858).