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.

Verdon Bridge & Verdon Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Wilmslow

Historical Forms

  • Vardon House in Hough 1616 Earw
  • dominium de Verdone in Com. Cestriae 1434 Dugd
  • le Verdon 1339,1387 Earw

Etymology

, Vardon House in Hough 1616 Earw, part of dominium de Verdone in Com . Cestriae 1434Dugd, named after the family of Geoffrey or Edmund le Verdon 1339,1387 Earw I 151 , cf. Vardentown 102supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site