Aldreth

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Old English alor (“alder”) + hȳþ (“harbour, hithe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒldɹəθ/

Proper noun

Aldreth

1. A hamlet near the River Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire, England.
   • 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 379:

     I give now the supposed etymologies of one of the various spellings of “Alrehede”, now Aldreth. A better is Alrehythe, the Aldershore; a better still, perhaps, St. Etheldreda, or Audrey, herself.

Translations

hamlet in Cambridgeshire

Further reading

• Aldreth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia