Essendon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Essendon
Historical Forms
- (into) Eslingadene 11th KCD1354 12th
- Esendene 1077–93 Gesta 14th Ipm 1324
- Esendane 1275 RH
- Esindene 1228 Cl
- Essendona t.Hy2 Ch 1313
- Essenden(e) 1172 P 1362 Pat
- Essendune 1235 FF
- Essendon(e) 1235–51 Ch 1240 RBE 1292 Ch
- Isendun 1247 Pat
- Isenden 1249,1285 ib
- Hesingdene 1278 Ass
- Esingdon 1318 Pat
- Esyngdon 1374 Cl
- Esyngden 1547 Pat
- Essyngdene 1429 FF
- Easenden 1657 Survey
Etymology
The earliest form is from a reliable document and cannot be dismissed as corrupt. It points to an OE Ēslinga denu , 'valley of the people of Ēsla ,' v. denu . Cf. Eslington (PN NbDu 77–8).