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Elsdon

Elsdon may be a given name, surname, or place name.

Derived initially as a surname from a place name (in Northumberland, England) with the meaning in Old English Elli's valley.

Given name:

  • Thomas Elsdon Ashford, British recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Elsdon Best, New Zealand ethnographer
  • Janet Elsdon Mackey, New Zealand politician
  • Elsdon Storey, Australian neurologist

'''Surname: '''

  • Lord Elsdon, Judge, early nineteenth century
  • Alan Elsdon, Jazz Musician, Twentieth Century
  • William Elsdon Australian Railway engineer

'''Place name: '''

  • In New Zealand:
    • Elsdon, New Zealand a suburb of Porirua
  • In the '''United Kingdom: '''
    • Elsdon, Herefordshire
    • Elsdon, Northumberland
  • In the '''United States: '''
    • West Elsdon, Chicago

Other uses of Elsdon

  • The Elsdon murder, instructive tale in Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys
  • The Elsdon Reel, Northumberland traditional dance