Elmore

The Noble Tribe of Elmore represented here by Lord James, Seneschal of Elmore. The Elmore surname is a habitational derived from the place name Elmore in Gloucestershire. The place name is in turn derived from the Old English "elm," meaning "elm," and "ofer," meaning "river bank," or "ridge." Another authority claims that the name was originally an Anglo-Saxon personal name. "This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor, 'the son of Aylmar' or 'Ailmar.' " [2] "This family trace their name and descent from Ailmer or Athelmare, Earl of Cornwall, in the time of King Ethelred. Allmor, in Welsh, signifies a valley or dale."