Elsdon
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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.
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Other uses of Elsdon
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 AshfordThomas Elsdon AshfordThomas Elsdon Ashford was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, British recipient of the Victoria Cross - Elsdon BestElsdon BestElsdon Best was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand.-Early life and career:...
, New Zealand ethnographer - Janet Elsdon MackeyJanet MackeyJanet Elsdon Mackey, JP is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.-Parliamentary career:...
, New Zealand politician - Elsdon StoreyElsdon StoreyElsdon Storey is an Australian neurologist, Rhode's Scholar & Professor of Neurology at Monash University. His clinical and research interests are in neurogenetics and behavioural neurology ....
, Australian neurologist
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- Lord Elsdon, Judge, early nineteenth century
- Alan ElsdonAlan ElsdonAlan Elsdon is an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Elsdon studied trumpet under Tommy McQuater among others. His early professional work included time with Cy Laurie , Graham Stewart , a Royal Air Force band, and Terry Lightfoot ; with Lightfoot he played alongside Kid Ory and Red Allen...
, Jazz Musician, Twentieth Century - William ElsdonWilliam ElsdonWilliam Elsdon ) was an English and Australian civil engineer. He was also an architect and railway engineer.-Family life and education:...
Australian Railway engineer
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- In New Zealand:
- Elsdon, New Zealand a suburb of PoriruaPoriruaPorirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...
- Elsdon, New Zealand a suburb of Porirua
- In the United Kingdom:
- Elsdon, Herefordshire
- Elsdon, NorthumberlandElsdon, NorthumberlandElsdon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland about to the southwest of Rothbury. The name is derived from the Old English meaning Elli's valley....
- In the United States:
- West Elsdon, ChicagoWest Elsdon, ChicagoWest Elsdon, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is noted as a twin neighborhood of West Lawn. It has a population which includes a mix of Polish-Americans and Mexican-Americans. It has its own association, "West Elsdon Civic...
- 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