The story
- Old English · derived fromalor“alder tree”
- English todayArtingstall
Habitational surname from a lost place in Cheshire, probably from Old English alor (“alder tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“place; stead”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishalor all →
alderAldershotAldridgeAldertonEllertonAlderwickAldrethAllbrook
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.