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.

Berden

Major Settlement in the Parish of Berden

Historical Forms

  • Berden(e) 1085–9,1086–7 WDB 1197 FF t.Hy3 RBE 1248 Ass 1318–25 Londin
  • Berdane 1086 DB
  • Berdon 1212 Fees
  • Berdoun 1394 Cl
  • Bereden 1267 Ch 1343 Dugdiv 1387 Walden
  • Bearden 1309–20 Inqaqd
  • Beerden 1456 ADii 1539 LP
  • Verden 1344 Pap
  • Byerden 1387 Walden 1429 WAM
  • Bierden 1428 FA 1459–65 ECP
  • Bardyne 1500–1 ECP
  • Bardeyne 1504 Pat
  • Byrden 1509–47 Dugdiv 1538 LP

Etymology

'Swine-pasture valley,' OE  bær, ber and denu . v. Byrton supra 399.

Places in the same Parish