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.

Markadon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Marcadene 1189 Oliver 1365 RH 1275
  • Markedene 1316 Exon
  • Markedon 1281 Ass

Etymology

This place is, as Mr Chope points out, on a hill forming the boundary between the manors of Stoke and Harton so the meaning is probably 'boundary hill' (v. mearc ), in spite of the predominance of denu -forms.