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.

Waddon Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shipston-on-Stour

Historical Forms

  • Hwætedun 757 BCS183 11th
  • Hwætdune 11th Heming
  • Odden Hill 1649 Surv
  • Walden Hill c.1830 O

Etymology

'Wheat hill,' v. hwæte , dun . Cf. Whaddon (Bk) and Waddon (Sr).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement