Averham

The story

1. Old English · derived from*ēagor“water, sea”
2. Old English · derived fromēa“river”
3. English todayAverham

Recorded as Aigrun in the Domesday Book, the actual origin of this placename is still uncertain. Perhaps it is a compound of Old English ēa (“river”) and the dative plural form of gāra (“gore, strip of land”) or, alternatively, a fossilised survival of Old English *ēagor (“water, sea”), whence eagre.

Words from the same roots