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.

Jordans

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chalfont St Giles

Historical Forms

  • Jurdens 1766 J

Etymology

This may be a reduction of Jourdemayns , a possessive form from the family name Jourdemayn found in the district in 1301 (HMC xv. App. vii. 127).