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Survey of English Place-Names

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Maldon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Maldon

Historical Forms

  • to Mældune, æt Mældune, at Mældune 913 ASC 920 ASC 921 ASC c.925 ASC 993 ASC c.1000 991 c.1200
  • Mealdon(e) 1068 EHRxi 1309 P 1161–95
  • Mealdun(e) 1068 EHRxi 1309 P 1155–8
  • Melduna 1086 DB 1157 WDB
  • Meldonam 1086 DB 1141 Mandeville
  • Meldon 1162–4 P 1207 Cur 1254 FF
  • Malduna 1086 DB
  • Maldon Parva 1212 Fees 1238 SR
  • Great Maldon 1348 FF
  • Much Maldon 1498 EAS(NS)ii
  • Malden 1294,1303 Ipm
  • Moldon' 1206 Cur
  • M(e)audon(a) 1219 Bracton 1254–85 Ass 1290 Ch 1309 Londin 1378 Pat
  • Meauton 1229,1251 Ch
  • Meudon' 1230 Lib
  • Maudon' 1230 P 1235,1254 Ass
  • Mawdon 1567 FF
  • Mawlden 1571 ib

Etymology

'Hill marked by a cross,' v. mæl , dun . Identical with Maulden (PN BedsHu 80–1), Malden (PN Sr 64), and Meldon (PN Nb Du 140).

Places in the same Parish

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