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.

Ebdon Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sidbury

Historical Forms

  • Ylbedon (sic) 1280 DCoNQ3,47
  • Ybbedon 1501 Ct
  • Ebbedon c.1510 Ct
  • Ibbedon, Ybbedon 1524 SR

Etymology

'Ibba 's hill,' v. dun . The lb in the earliest form is probably an error. Cf. on ibbanhyrst BCS 208.