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.

Meesden

Major Settlement in the Parish of Meesden

Historical Forms

  • Mesdone 1086 DB
  • Mesdon 1213 Cur 1361 Ipm
  • Mesdene 1291 ADi 1428 FA
  • Miesdun 12th ADiv
  • Misedon 1253 ADvi
  • Mysden 1399 Ct
  • Mesendune 1207 FF
  • Mesendon 1213 Cur
  • Mysendon al. Mysenden al. Meseden 1543 LP
  • Meseden(e) 1324 Pat 1399 Ct
  • Messeden ib.

Etymology

'Bog hill,' v. meos , dun .

Places in the same Parish