Meanings
- A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0619).
Origin
Recorded as Cadendone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Cada + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill, down”).
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Caddington. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caddington
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