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.

Voaden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bratton Clovelly

Historical Forms

  • Vawden 1707 Recov

Etymology

v. dun . The first element is OE  fag, 'variegated,' and must refer to some particular colouring of the soil here. Cf. Fawdon (PN NbDu 82).