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.

Easdon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manaton

Historical Forms

Yernesdon 1330,1333 SR

Yeresdon 1384 DuCo

in vasto de Yeresdon 1384 Ct

Yerson Downe 1727 Recov

Etymology

'Eagle's hill,' v. earn , dun . Cf. Yes Tor supra 205.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Manaton