Etymology

Allerton

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Today it means: A suburb and ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4086). Full definition →

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The story

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.

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