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.

Arlecdon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Arlecdon

Historical Forms

  • Arlauchdene c.1130 StB
  • Arlachadena c.1185 ib
  • Arlokeden(e) c.1150,1248 StB 1279,1292 Ass
  • in Coupland 1262 Dugdv
  • Arlokedun' 1279 Ass
  • Arlokden(e) 1242 FF 1309,1334 Ipm
  • Arlogden 1292 Ass
  • Arlecden 1321 Ipm
  • Arlekden 1396 Pat
  • Arlochden early14th StMaryY
  • Arloudane 1540 MinAcct
  • Arladon 1576 S
  • Arleyden 1552 FF
  • Arleton 1680 PR(Shap)

Etymology

The forms which have recently been collected from manuscript sources are all compatible with Ekwall's suggestion that this name comes from an OE  earn-lace denu, 'eagle-stream valley.'