Elsdon may be a given name, a surname, or a place name. The surname derives originally from a place name (in

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on ...

, England) with the meaning in

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of ''Elli's valley''.

Given name

Thomas Elsdon Ashford Thomas Elsdon Ashford (1859 – 21 February 1913) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life H ...

, British recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Elsdon Best Elsdon Best (30 June 1856 – 9 September 1931) was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand. Early years Elsdon Best was born 30 June 1856 at Tawa Flat, New Zealand, to William Best and the fo ...

, New Zealand ethnographer *

Janet Elsdon Mackey Janet Elsdon Mackey (née Craig; born 14 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. She was a Member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 1993 until 2005. Early life and family Mackey was born in Auckland on 14 June 1953, the ...

, New Zealand politician *

Elsdon Storey Elsdon Storey is an Australian neurologist, former Rhodes Scholar & Professor of Neurology at Monash University. His clinical and research interests are in neurogenetics (especially the hereditary ataxias) and behavioural neurology (especially t ...

, Australian neurologist

Surname

* Lord Elsdon, judge, early nineteenth century *

Alan Elsdon Alan Elsdon (15 October 1934 – 2 May 2016) was an English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. Biography Elsdon was born in London on 15 October 1934. He studied trumpet under Tommy McQuater. His early professional work included time with Cy La ...

(1934-2016), jazz musician *

William Elsdon William Elsdon (c. 1829 – 3 March 1904)Obituary: William E ...

( 1829 – 1904), Australian railway engineer

Place name

*In New Zealand: **

Elsdon, New Zealand Elsdon is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Porirua located immediately to the west to of the city's CBD. The area was named after Elsdon Best, a historian who studied archaeological sites in the area. Its industrial area, the largest in the ...

a suburb of

Porirua Porirua, ( mi, Pari-ā-Rua) a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide swee ...

*In the United Kingdom: ** Elsdon, Herefordshire **

Elsdon, Northumberland Elsdon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland about to the southwest of Rothbury. The name is derived from the Old English meaning ''Elli's valley''. Formerly the capital of Redesdale, Elsdon contains a very fine ...

*In the United States: **

West Elsdon, Chicago West Elsdon, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is noted as a twin neighborhood of West Lawn. It has a population which includes a mix of dwindling Polish-American resid ...

Other uses of Elsdon

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