Elsdon
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Elsdon may be a given name, surname, or place name.
Given name: Derived initially as a surname from a place name (in Northumbria, England) with the meaning in Old English Elli's valley. Modern use as a given name derives from the surname and is most popular in the United States.
- Elsdon Best, New Zealand ethnographer
- Elsdon Storey, Australian neurologist
- Thomas Elsdon Ashford, British recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Janet Elsdon Mackey, New Zealand politician
Surname:
Place name:
- In the United Kingdom:
- Elsdon, Herefordshire
- Elsdon, Northumberland
- In the United States:
[edit] Other uses of Elsdon
- the Elsdon murder, instructive tale in Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys
- the Elsdon Reel, Northumberland traditional dance