 In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Allerton Mauleverer as

The name Allerton Mauleverer originally meant "Aelfweard's farm/settlement".Referring to farm held by the Mauleverer family in the 12th century.Allerton obtained its distinguishing name from the family of Mauleverer, one of whom, named Richard.