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.

Hendon Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Yandon 1333 SR
  • Heawndon 1566 DA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) [ jenən ] is Yandon 1333SR (p),Heawndon 1566 DA 34 . ' At the high down , ' v. heah , dun .