The naming of old communities very much described the location and the prime use for the community. Cleadon is no exception.
The village is located where the historic turnpike road between Sunderland and South Shields meets the roads to Boldon in the west and Whitburn on the east coast.
Positioned on the the South West scarp of Cleadon Hills (a Magnesian Limestone plateau) , Cleadon, was originally called Clevedona in the 13th century, Cleveden in the 14th and then Cleydon in the 17th century.
The description would seem to support the views of how communities were named.
The Anglo Saxon name "Clyff" means Cliff and the word "Dun" means hill aptly describing its geographic setting.
The village is located where the historic turnpike road between Sunderland and South Shields meets the roads to Boldon in the west and Whitburn on the east coast.
Positioned on the the South West scarp of Cleadon Hills (a Magnesian Limestone plateau) , Cleadon, was originally called Clevedona in the 13th century, Cleveden in the 14th and then Cleydon in the 17th century.
The description would seem to support the views of how communities were named.
The Anglo Saxon name "Clyff" means Cliff and the word "Dun" means hill aptly describing its geographic setting.
