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Long Crendon

Long Crendon proper noun: a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district, and bordering Thame in South Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6908).

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).

Origin of Long 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.

Questions about Long Crendon

What does Long Crendon mean?
Long Crendon means a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district, and bordering Thame in South Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP6908).
What part of speech is Long Crendon?
Long Crendon is a proper noun.

Words near Long Crendon in the dictionary

  1. long cons
  2. long corner
  3. long corners
  4. Long County
  5. long covid
  6. Long Crendon
  7. Long Dick Creek
  8. long distancer
  9. long distancers
  10. long division
  11. long divisions

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