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.

Lewdon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheriton Bishop

Historical Forms

  • Levedon 1288 Ass 1504 Ipm
  • Lywedene 1308 Seld17
  • Lyuedon 1330 SR
  • Luwedon 1378 IpmR

Etymology

v. dun . This name probably has the same history as Lewdon supra 396, the farm lying just below a hill-top. Cf. also Libbery (PN Wo 201).