Averham

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛəɹəm/ === Proper noun === Averham A village and civil parish (served by Averham, Kelham and Staythorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7654). === References === Survey of English Place-Names