Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Sardone 1086 DB

• Sardonia 1166 RBE

• Sardun 1221 Ass 1235 Fees

• Sardon' 1167 P 1271 For 1386 Ipm

• Saredone 1381 Banco

• Magna Sar(e)don 1242 Fees c.1255 RH 1262,1271,1286,1300 For 1303 Var 1313 FF 1559 1316 FA 1327,1332 SR 1370to1479 Banco 1387to1505 Ipm 1602 Ct

• Magna Saredoun 1413 Cl

• Bere Sardun 1293 FF

• Beresardon 1279 Banco

• Gt Saredon 1775 Yates 1834 O

• Seresdone 1086 DB

• Parva Sardona c.1255 RH 1652 ParlSurv

• Parva Sar(e)don 1251to1355 Ass 1262,1300 For 1285,1316 FA 1309 FF 1326to1475 Banco 1370 Ipm 1482 Ct

• Parva Saredoun 1360 Pat 1413 Cl

• Little Saredon 1775 Yates 1834 O

Etymology

The prefix Bere is explained by reference to Nicholas le Bere VCH v, 176.

Perhaps 'the dry or barren hill', v. sēar , dūn , one of Ekwall's alternative suggestions (DEPN), or 'Searu's hill', from the OE  pers.n. *Searu . For a discussion of the relation of the hill-name Saredon and that of Saredon Brook, v. supra 17.