Laindon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Laindon
Historical Forms
- (of) Ligeandune c.1000 CCC383 c.1125
- Legenduna, Leiendunā 1086 DB
- Leindon(e), Leydon(e) 1226 ClR 1344 Cl
- Leydune 1242–59 ADi
- Leyden 1290 Pat
- Lenden ib.
- Ley(e)done 1257 FF
- Ley(e)den 1285 Ass
- Lang(e)don 1365,1373 Cl
- Lyendon 1536–64 FF
- Lanedon 1574 FF
- Layndon or Langden 1594 N
- Langdon Clay 1768 M
Etymology
The OE form makes it probable that the first element is the same as that found in Leyton supra 101 and that Laindon really takes its name from a lost river Lyge , the name of one of the headwaters of the Crouch which rises in the hill on which Laindon stands. For the genitival form cf. Lygeanburg for Limbury (PN BedsHu 155) and the Leynton -forms for Leyton. Clay from its soil.