English Explanatory Dictionary

Haydon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715).
  3. A civil parish in southern Northumberland, see Haydon Bridge.
  4. A village in Radstock parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6853).
  5. A hamlet in Stoke St Mary parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2523).
  6. A suburb in Haydon Wick parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1288).
  7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Haydon Haydons

Etymology

From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

Derived words

Haydon Bridge Haydon Wick
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