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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.

Heggadon

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashwater

Historical Forms

  • Heghedon(e) 1330,1333 SR

Etymology

is Heghedon (e )1330, 1333SR (p) . Possibly ' high hill , ' v. heah , dun . For the modern g , cf. Wagaford infra 171 .