Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Grendon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grendon

Historical Forms

Grendone 1086 DB

Grendon(e) 1235 Fees

Crendon 1292 Ipm

Greendon 1525 SR

Grindon 1627 Sess

Whiteleye 1327 SR

Wytheleye 1332 ib

Etymology

'Green hill,' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name