Hebden

Hebden, Hebdon, Hibdon, Ebden, and Ebdon are names all thought to be derived from one of several place names in West Yorkshire, coming from the Old English "heope", or "(rose) hip", and "denu", which meant "valley". The family motto is "re e merito" ("this through merit").

Less common variations are "Heberden, Hepden, Habdon", and "Hibden".

Note that some Ebdens and Ebdons are not originally from West Yorkshire [http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Abden] but are instead related to the Abdens and Abdons of Somerset and Shropshire. In these cases the name means "abbey farm".

Places

In English geography there exists:
*Hebden, North Yorkshire, England, a village
*Hebden Royd, a civil parish in West Yorkshire, England
**Hebden Bridge, a town thereof
***Hebden Bridge railway station, a National Rail depot situated thereinIn Australian geography there exists:
*Ebden, a town in Victoria

People

*John Hebden, a British composer
*Kieran Hebden, a British musician performing as Four Tet
*Sheldon Ebden, a British musician performing as UrbanPlantLife [http://www.myspace.com/urbanplantlife]
*Malcolm Hebden, a British actor
*Mark Hebden, a British chess grandmaster
*Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly, a commander of British forces in Canada
*Marc Hebden,(1992) a professional football player for Abbey Rangers FC, plays anywhere outfield but mostly left wing, Friends with the Famous Ben Hanger and James King (Abbey rangers)
*Shula Hebden Lloyd, and her first husband Mark Hebden, were fictitious characters on the radio show "The Archers"
* Ebden,John Bardwell (1787-1873),merchant,banker,politician,Cape Colony,South Africa (son of John Bardwell Ebden)
* Ebden,Charles Hotson (1811-1867),pastoralist,merchant and politician,Cape Colony,South Africa,
* John Ebden, a production designer - e.g. the 1998 film Waking Ned (also known as "Waking Ned Devine")
* Max Ebden, one of Africa's most famous skydivers
* One can graduate as an Ebden Scholar of the University of the Cape of Good Hope
* Guido and Dion Hibdon, [http://www.hibdons.com/] professional fishermen
* Sir John Hebdon Kt, 1612-1670
* Sir John's father, Hebden, a Russian merchant agent for Tsar Alexis embassy to Russia for Charles II
* Peter Ebdon, the current British snooker champion
* William Heberden, one the most eminent British physicians of the 18th century

References

* http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Ebden
* http://www.manfamily.org/PDFs/EllenEbdenDecendants.pdf
* http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Abden