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.

Great and Little Everdon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Everdon

Historical Forms

  • eferdun 944 BCS792
  • eofordunenga gemære 1021–3 KCD736
  • Everdon(e) 1086 DB
  • Great Everdon(e), Little Everdon(e) 1317 Cl
  • Churche Everdon 1323 Ass
  • Eueredon' 1183 P
  • Everedon 1276 Cl

Etymology

'Wild boar hill,' v. eofor , dun . For the second form cf. Dodford supra 20–1. Churche Everdon is an alternative name for Great Everdon, from the presence of the church there.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name