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Haydon.

A place in England:

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  1. A place in England: A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Dorset (OS grid ref ST6715).

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  2. A place in England: A civil parish in southern Northumberland, see Haydon Bridge.

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  3. A place in England: A village in Radstock parish, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset (OS grid ref ST6853).

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  4. A place in England: A hamlet in Stoke St Mary parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2523).

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  5. A place in England: A suburb in Haydon Wick parish, Swindon borough, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1288).

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  6. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Where this word comes from

From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

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