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Agden, Agden Ho & Agden Hall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Agetun 1208–29 Sheaf 1580
  • Ageton 1328 Pat 1329 Plea 1348 Eyre 1431 ChRR
  • Aggeton c.1347 AD 1351 Plea 1598 ChRR
  • Aggetton 1343 ChGaol
  • Agton 1368 ChCal 1448 ChRR 1523 1668–71 Sheaf
  • Aggton 1516 Orm2
  • Agdon 1508 ChRR 1520 Plea 1724 NotCestr
  • Aggdon 1561 ChRR
  • Agden 1559 ChRR
  • Agden House, Agden Hall 1831 Bry
  • Agden or Agton 1668–71 Sheaf

Etymology

'Aggi's farm', from tūn and the ODan  pers.n. Aggi (Fellows Jensen 1), as stated in Barnes1 226. The pers.n. also appears in Aggesahe 10infra . Cf. Agden 242.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site