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.

Sawdon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brompton

Historical Forms

Salden(e) early13 Malton 1562 FF

Sawden 1569 FF

Sawdon 1570,1578 FF

Saudon 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Willow valley' v. s(e)alh, denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement