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 New Zealand:
- Elsdon, New Zealand a suburb of Porirua
- 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
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It has been noted that Lord Colin Elsdon (b.10th Oct. 1958) is now living in the Methley area of Leeds and has all but renounced his title. An insider has suggested that he may at some time in the near future once more take up his title and once more champion his ancestoral Northumberland roots.
