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.

Waddons

Other OS name in the Parish of Staverton

Historical Forms

  • le Waddon yeate 1514 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is le Waddon yeate 1514Ct . Perhaps ' woad hill , ' the s being pseudo - manorial . Cf. Waddon supra 491 .