Old English · proper noun
Ailesham
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Modern English
- aylshambroadlandnorfolk
Meaning
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Aylsham (a market town and civil parish with a town council in Broadland district, Norfolk, England)
Etymology
From the genitive form of a personal name *Æġel + hām (“homestead”). Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book.
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