WARDEN

WARDEN. 1 . A guardian or superintendent, as still in use in ' churchwarden,' 'way-warden,' 'Lord-warden of the Cinque Ports,' &c. 2. Parishes and places in Kent, ISTorthumberland, Bedford, Northampton, Durham, &c. The pear known among our ancestors as the warden-pear derived its name from Warden Abbey, co, Bedford. 3. An A- Sax. personal name. One Weric Werden held lands in co. Herts before the making of Domesday.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.