Haydon

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proper noun

A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715).

OriginOld English hīeġ →
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Meanings

proper nounHaydon (countable and uncountable, plural Haydons)

plural Haydons

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishhīeġ“hay”
  2. EnglishHaydon

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

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APA

Haydon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haydon

MLA

“Haydon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haydon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haydon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haydon.

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