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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Larden Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • Larden Green 1700 Chol
  • Laurthyn 1341 ChRR 1358 Eyre 1367 Sotheby
  • Lauurthyn 1348 Eyre
  • Laurdyn 1372 Chol
  • Lawrdyrn' 1448,1457 ib

Etymology

Larden Green (109–587516) [ˈlardən], Larden Green 1700Chol , Laurthyn 1341 ChRR (p), 1358Eyre (p), 1367Sotheby (p), Lauurthyn 1348Eyre , Laurdyn 1372Chol (p), Lawrdyrn '1448, 1457ib (p), 'low enclosure or curtilage', from lágr (ME  lah ) and worðign , with grēne 2 'a green'.The opposite p.n. is Hawarden Fl (NCPN 215) [ˈhardən], from hēah 'high'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site