Etymology

Caddington

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0619). Full definition →

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The story

Recorded as Cadendone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Cada + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill, down”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.