Haddon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Haddon
Historical Forms
- æt Haddedune 951 Thorney c.1300–25
- Adone 1086 DB
- Haddune c.1150 Thorney c.1300–25
- Haddon 1286 Ass 1316 FA 1327 SR
- Haddon juxta Yakesley c.1370 Linc
Etymology
It is difficult to know how much stress should be laid on the Hadde - of the form in the Thorney Register. Probably it should be taken definitely into account and the first element be taken as the pers. name Hædda . Cf. Headdandun (KCD 544).Apart from this we should have taken it as OE hæð–dun, 'heath covered hill,' a very common form of p.n.
Places in the same Parish
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