...placed in alphabetical order without regafd to their geographical position : — ALKARMUS FIELD. — On the westerly side of Sandwich Street, including...both sides, and bounded by Gallows Lane on the west. It is perhaps a corruption of Aceldama — bloody field — and executions may at one time have taken...

...placed in alphabetical order without regard to their geographical position : — . ALEARMUS FIELD. — On the westerly side of Sandwich Street, including...Pleasant Street and the land on both sides, and bounded byGallows Lane on the west. It is perhaps a corruption of Aceldama — bloody field — and executions...

...corruption of Appamond, a place for fishing with traps. Appeh " trap " amaug — "pond." 2. Appamatuck, name of a river in Virginia mentioned by John Smith...believe without much doubt it is from Alkermea or Jiermes, the usual form of the word, an insect found on several species of oak, formerly much used...