Ballidon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ballidon
Historical Forms
- Belidene 1086 DB c.1200 WollCh
- Baliden(e), Balyden(e), Balydena, Balydeyne c.1200 WollCh c.1210,1215 Dunst 1223,1247,1252 DunstAn 1446 WollCh
- Balinden 1215 Dunst
- Baledene 1227 DunstAn
- Badelydone 1242 DunstAn
- Bal(l)idon 1495 StoweCh 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed 1611 Bemrose
Etymology
This is a difficult name but it may well be, as Ekwall (DEPN) suggests, 'valley shaped like a sack', v. belg , denu , cf. for the first element Belph supra 327. Such a description fits the topography (FWM).