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.
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:
- In the United States:
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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