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.

Elmdon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Elmdon

Historical Forms

  • Elmedone 1086 DB
  • Elmedon(a) 1217 Bracton 1221 FF 1656 Dugdale
  • Elmeduna 1233 Bracton
  • Elmeden 1309 Ass
  • Aumedona 1199 FF
  • Heumedone 1235 Fees
  • Helmedon(e) 1262 Ass 1576 S
  • Ilmedon 1297 Pat
  • Elmendon 1316 Ipm
  • Elmyndon 1458 KnowleG

Etymology

OE  elma dūn , 'hill of the elms,' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name