Etymograph

English

Long Crendon

Long Crendon comes from Old English dūn.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150dūn
  2. EnglishtodayLong Crendon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150dūn
  2. EnglishtodayLong Crendon

The story

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.

Every English word from Old English dūn

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district, and bordering Thame in South Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6908).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English dūn / Long Crendon

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