The story
Probably from the Old English personal name Cana + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”); the sound development from the original medial -ing- to -ew- is found also in other English placenames.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canewdon
Today it means: A village and civil parish on the River Crouch in Rochford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ9094). Full definition →