Elsdon

Elsdon may be a given name, a surname, or a place name.

The surname derives originally from a place name (in Northumberland, England) with the meaning in Old English of 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 (1934-2016), jazz musician
 * William Elsdon (c. 1829 – 1904), Australian railway engineer

Place name

 * In New Zealand:
 * Elsdon, New Zealand a suburb of Porirua
 * In the United Kingdom: 
 * Elsdon, Herefordshire
 * Elsdon, Northumberland
 * In the United States: 
 * West Elsdon, Chicago

Other uses of Elsdon

 * The Elsdon murder, an instructive tale in Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys
 * The Elsdon Reel, a Northumberland traditional dance

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