Aydon Family History

from one or more of four places in Northumb with similar runs of medieval spellings: Aydon in Corbridge which is recorded as Ayden in 1225 and Haydon in 1346 Aydon in Alnwick recorded as Haydene in 1325 and Ayden in 1346 Haydon in Warden recorded as Heiden in 1255 and a lost Hayden in Ellington recorded thus in 1265.

The place-names all derive from Old English denu ‘valley’ with uncertain first elements perhaps Old English hēg ‘hay’ or ēg ‘island’.

There may have been some confusion with Haydon.