Etymology

Long Crendon

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district, and bordering Thame in South Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6908). Full definition →

Old English dūn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromdūn
  2. English todayLong Crendon

Recorded as Credendone in 1086 (DB), from a man named Creoda + Old English dūn. The affix, for the length of the village, was added in the 17th century, apparently to distinguish it from Grendon Underwood, some distance to the north.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdūn all →

downDunhamDuttonDuntonDunsmoreRawdonDunnettDunwichDuncombeBreedonChurchdownDownleyDungateNorth Downs

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.