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.

Warden Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stopsley

Historical Forms

  • Wardonhill 1504 Ipm

Etymology

A hill with a commanding view, overlooking the Icknield Way. Hence we may take it, like Warden supra 97, to be from OE  weard-dun, 'watch-hill.'

Places in the same Parish