Berden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Berden
Historical Forms
- Berden(e) 1085–9,1086–7 WDB 1197 FF t.Hy3 RBE 1248 Ass 1318–25 Londin
- Berdane 1086 DB
- Berdon 1212 Fees
- Berdoun 1394 Cl
- Bereden 1267 Ch 1343 Dugdiv 1387 Walden
- Bearden 1309–20 Inqaqd
- Beerden 1456 ADii 1539 LP
- Verden 1344 Pap
- Byerden 1387 Walden 1429 WAM
- Bierden 1428 FA 1459–65 ECP
- Bardyne 1500–1 ECP
- Bardeyne 1504 Pat
- Byrden 1509–47 Dugdiv 1538 LP
Etymology
'Swine-pasture valley,' OE bær, ber and denu . v. Byrton supra 399.