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.

Whaddon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whaddon

Historical Forms

  • Wadvne 1086 DB
  • Wadona 1137 Lanth215d
  • Waddona, Waddon(e), Waddun 1148–79,1158–60 Glouc 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1245 Ipm 1252 Misc 1631 Rec
  • Weddune a.1156 StPGl
  • Whaddon 1252 Ch 1276 GlR 1287 Ass 1605 Comm

Etymology

'Hill where wheat was grown', v. hwǣte , dūn .