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.

West Haddon

Major Settlement in the Parish of West Haddon

Historical Forms

  • E(d)done 1086 DB
  • Westhaddon 12th Survey
  • West Haddoun 1388 Cl

Etymology

'Heath hill,' v. hæð , dun , and cf. East Haddon infra 83.Morton (10) notes that the sheep 'upon the heaths' at West Haddon are specially healthy.

Places in the same Parish