# Elsdon

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

The surname derives originally from a place name (in [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), England) with the meaning in [Old English](/source/Old_English) of *Elli's valley*.

## Given name

- [Thomas Elsdon Ashford](/source/Thomas_Elsdon_Ashford), British recipient of the Victoria Cross
- [Elsdon Best](/source/Elsdon_Best), New Zealand ethnographer
- [Janet Elsdon Mackey](/source/Janet_Mackey), New Zealand politician
- [Elsdon Storey](/source/Elsdon_Storey), Australian neurologist

## Surname

- [Alan Elsdon](/source/Alan_Elsdon) (1934–2016), British jazz musician
- [William Elsdon](/source/William_Elsdon) (c. 1829 – 1904), Australian railway engineer

## Place name

- In **New Zealand:** - [Elsdon, New Zealand](/source/Elsdon,_New_Zealand) a suburb of [Porirua](/source/Porirua)
- In the **United Kingdom:** - [Elsdon, Herefordshire](/source/Elsdon,_Herefordshire) - [Elsdon, Northumberland](/source/Elsdon,_Northumberland)
- In the **United States:** - [West Elsdon, Chicago](/source/West_Elsdon,_Chicago)

## Other uses of Elsdon

- The [Elsdon murder](/source/Elsdon_murder), an instructive tale in Baden-Powell's *Scouting for Boys*
- The [Elsdon Reel](/source/Elsdon_Reel), a Northumberland traditional dance

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