Sundon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sundon
Historical Forms
- Sunnandun c.1053 KCD920 c.1250
- Sonedone 1086 DB 1276 RH 1286 Dunst
- Sunendon, Sonnydon, Shonendon 1247 Ass
- Sunedon 1247 Ass 1286 Dunst
- Sonendone 1276 Ass 1291 NI
- Sonin(g)don, Sonyngdon 1276,1287 Ass 1315,1322 Ch 1328 Ipm 1330 ADi 1339 Ipm 1372 Cl 1373 IpmR
- Sunyngdon 1287 Ass
- Sundon 1390–2 CS
- Sondon 1489,1499 Ipm
- Soundon 1535 VE
Etymology
'Sunna's hill' v. dun . This pers. name is not known apart from place-names, but is presumably a shortened form of one of the OE names in Sun -, e.g. Suneman . It may be inferred as a name from the present example and from Sunbury (Mx), Sunnanbyrig BCS 1063, Sonning (Berks), earlier Sunninges . For the element Sun - in OE pers. names cf. Somersham infra 222.
Places in the same Parish
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