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Harbledown

village · Kent

Old EnglishAI-generated

Harbledown likely means 'the hill or down belonging to Herebeald'. It combines an Old English personal name with 'dūn', meaning hill or down.

Word origins

Herebeald
Old Englisha personal name(from here "army", beald "bold")
dūn
Old Englishhill, down(from dūn "hill")

Historical forms

Herebaldesdun