Hebden, Hebdon, and Hibdon are names all thought to be derived from one of several placenames in
West Yorkshire
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, coming from the
Old English
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"heope", or "
(rose) hip", and "denu", which meant "
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
".
Less common variations are ''Heberden, Hepden, Habdon'', and ''Hibden''.
Bearers of the name
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John Hebden (1712–1765), British composer
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Kieran Hebden
Kieran Miles David Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting and critically acc ...
, British musician performing as
Four Tet
Kieran Miles David Hebden (born September 1977), known as Four Tet, is an English electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of the post-rock band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist with charting and critically acc ...
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Malcolm Hebden
Malcolm Hebden (born 21 December 1939) is an English retired actor. He is known for portraying the role of Norris Cole in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' on and off between 1994 and 1997, regularly from 1999 to 2017, and intermitten ...
(born 1940), British actor
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Mark Hebden (born 1958), British chess grandmaster
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Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly
Major General Richard Hebden O'Grady-Haly, (22 February 1841 – 8 July 1911) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1900 to 1902.
Military career
Born the son of General Sir William O' ...
(1841–1911), commander of British forces in Canada
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William Heberden
William Heberden FRS (13 August 171017 May 1801) was an English physician.
Life
He was born in London, where he received the early part of his education at St Saviour's Grammar School. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) At the end of ...
, one of the most eminent British physicians of the 18th century
Fictional characters
*Shula Hebden Lloyd (née Archer), and her first husband Mark Hebden, on the radio programme ''
The Archers
''The Archers'' is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word Radio broadcasting, channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now pr ...
''
See also
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Ebden (disambiguation), includes people with the surname
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Ebdon, a surname
External links
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English toponymic surnames