Agden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bowdon & Rostherne
Historical Forms
- Acton H3 Orm2 17 Court 1287
- Acton juxta Lyme 1527 ChRR
- Aketon 1270 Orm2 17 Dav c.1300 CoLegh 1328,1330
- Akedon' 1346 CoLegh
- Akeden 1391 Orm2
- Aghton 1431 Pat
- Agton 1448 ChRR
- Agden 1434 Tab 1519 ChRR
- Agdon 1498 ib
- Ageton 1448 ChRR
Etymology
'Oak farm', v. āc , tūn . In this name -t - was voiced to -d -, perhaps through confusion with dūn 'a hill', and the preceding consonant (-k -) was voiced by assimilation, cf. Agden 325infra , also Acton 146, 325 (2x ) infra , Agden BdHu 268.