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.

Warndon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Warndon

Historical Forms

  • Wermedun 1086 DB
  • Warmindone c.1086 EveA 1190
  • Warmendone c.1086 EveB 1190 WoP 1240
  • Warmentone 1182 RBB 18th
  • Warmedon(e) 1208 Fees36 1275 SR c.1285 Bodl13 1374 Wigorn
  • Warmyndon 1262 For
  • Warminthone 1280 For
  • Warmydone 1327 SR
  • Warrenton 1577 Saxton
  • Warrenton or Wardon 1763 Bowen
  • Warndon 16th Wills

Etymology

This is probably from Wǣrman -dun or Wǣrming -dun with a pers. name Wǣrma , a pet-form for Wǣrmund , an ancient Mercian name found also in Wærmundingford in Clopton in St Johns (KCD 649). Cf. further wærman dene (BCS 1282) in the bounds of Powick.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site