English Place-name Society

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.

Neadon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manaton

Historical Forms

  • Beneadona 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Benedone
  • Nythedon 1303 FA
  • Bynythedon 1333 SR

Etymology

'Beneath the down,' cf. Naithwood supra 181.

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