Recording Uttlesford History
Place-name Meanings in Uttlesford
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| village | meaning |
| Arkesden | Arcel’s valley |
| Ashdon | hill overgrown with ash trees |
| Bardfield | open land colonised by dependent peasants |
| Barnston | "Beorn”s farm |
| Bartlow End | hill of the birch trees |
| Birchanger | birch-covered wooded slope |
| Broxted | Badger’s head |
| Bumpsteads | place where reeds grow |
| Canfield | Cana’s open country |
| Chesterford | ford by the camp |
| Chickney | Cicca’s island |
| Chrishall | Christ’s nook or oak |
| Debden | deep valley |
| Dunmow | Meadow on the hill |
| Elmdon | elm covered hill |
| Elsenham | the ham of Elsa |
| Good & High Easter | sheepfold (eowestre) ; Good = Godgiefu |
| Great & Little Easton | Aega’s stone |
| Hadstock | the stocc of Hada or Headda |
| Hempstead | place where hemp grows |
| Henham | at the high hamm |
| Heydon | hay valley |
| Lindsell | Lime-tree hall |
| Littlebury | the little fort |
| Manuden | The valley of the followers of a man called Manna - OE pers. name +inga + denu. 1086 Magghedana, 1130 Manegedan |
| Newport | new town |
| Pleshey | enclosure formed by bending hedge back |
| Quendon | women’s valley or Cwena’s valley |
| Radwinter | 'Raedwynn's tree' -
from an Old English woman's name |
| Rickling | the people of Ricola, 6th century queen of Essex |
| Rodings | the settlement of the people of Hrotha |
| Saffron Walden | valley of the Britons or serfs |
| Sampford | sandy ford |
| Stansted | stone place |
| Strethall | nook by the Roman road |
| Takeley | Taecca’s clearing |
| Thaxted | place where reeds used for thatching grow |
| Tilty | Tila’s enclosure |
| Uttlesford | Udel’s ford |
| Wendens | winding valley |
| Wenden Lofts | from Robert Louhot family |
| Wicken Bonhunt | dwelling place; Bonhunt could be huntsman, or funta = spring/stream |
| Widdington | willow farm |
| Wimbish | meaning unknown |
