Hebden

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Hebden (surname)

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 but are instead related to the Abdens and Abdons of Somerset and Shropshire. In these cases the name means "abbey farm".

Hebden, North Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°03′50″N 1°57′43″W / 54.064°N 1.962°W / 54.064; -1.962

Hebden (/ˈhɛb.dən/ HEB-dərn) is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, and one of four villages in the ecclesiastical parish of Linton. It lies near Grimwith Reservoir and Grassington, in Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. In 2011 it had a population of 240.

Hebden has a church, a chapel, a hotel and public house, a tea room, a community hall, a small general store associated with the pub, and is well served by buses. Until 1983 it had a primary school. Hebden straddles a cross roads. The east-west B6265 road connects it with Grassington 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the west, and from there south to the market town of Skipton, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) from Hebden. To the east, the road crosses a bridge over Hebden Gill, built in 1827, and thence over the watershed to Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) distant.

Main Street, the village high street, continues south as Mill Lane, towards the bank of the River Wharfe and the villages of Hartlington and Burnsall, the latter being just over 2 miles (3.2 km) away. The road to the north runs to the small hamlet of Hole Bottom, from there continuing as a track onto Grassington Moor.