Arden
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hawnby
Historical Forms
- Ardene 1086 DB 1327 Banco
- Erdene, Erden(a) 1160 Riev 1286 Ebor 1436 Baildon
- Arden 1201 ChR
Etymology
v. denu . The first element of Arden is probably the same as that of Ardleigh (Ess), Ardeley 1185 RotDom, from the OE pers. name Earda , not found in independent use in OE; it is a hypocoristic form of such an OE pers. name as Eardwulf , Eardhelm , etc.