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Survey of English Place-Names

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Longdon Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tredington

Historical Forms

  • æt Longandune 969 BCS1243 11th
  • Langandun ib.
  • Longedun 1086 DB
  • Langedun 11th Heming
  • Langeton 1255 Ass
  • Longedon 1275,1327 SR 1297 Wigorn 1535 VE
  • Longdon Travers 1398 Pat 1654 FF

Etymology

'Long hill,' v. lang , dun . The Travers family were here in 1166 (RBE). Also called Longdon Parva in the 17th cent. (VCH iii. 546) in distinction from the Pershore manor of Longdon, not far distant (v. infra 208).

Places in the same Parish