Wandon End and Wandongreen
Early-attested site in the Parish of King's and St Paul's Walden
Historical Forms
- Wavedene 1086 DB
- Wavedenn' 1203 Cur
- Wauenden(e) 12th BM
- Wauendune 1203 Cur
- Wavindene 1204 FF
- Wavendene 1236 Fees c.1250 StAlbansJ 1278 Ass 1316 ib
- Wavendune 1239 FF
- Wavendon 1346 FA
- Wavyndenefeld 1380 Cl
- Waunden 1382 ib
- Wawenden 1207 Cur
- Wowendene 1208 FF
- Wonden 1411 IpmR
Etymology
'Wafa 's valley,' v. denu and cf. Wavendon (PN Bk 39). The name Waua is found in DB, for Von Feilitzen (409) notes that the name Wana found in Ellis' index to DB and quoted by Searle should really have been transcribed as Waua . It is found in Kent (TRE) and is now so printed in the VCH (iii, 237 b).