Long Crendon

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Long Crendon

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

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