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

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, England) with the meaning in

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of ''Elli's valley''.

Given name

* Thomas Elsdon Ashford, 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; 14 June 1953 – 22 July 2024) was 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 Ju ...

, New Zealand politician * Elsdon Storey, Australian neurologist

Surname

* Lord Elsdon, judge, early nineteenth century * Alan Elsdon (1934-2016), jazz musician * William Elsdon ( 1829 – 1904), Australian railway engineer

Place name

*In New Zealand: ** Elsdon, New Zealand a suburb of

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*In the United Kingdom: ** Elsdon, Herefordshire ** Elsdon, Northumberland *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 resi ...

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