Denham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Quainton
Historical Forms
- Dunindun c.1220 Marst
- Dunindon 1237–40 Fees
- Dundon 1242 Fees874 1569 ADv
- Donydon 1247 Ass
- Duningdon 1247 Ass
- Dunigdon, Dunydun 1256,1258 FF
- Dundham 1766 J
- Denham Hill c.1825 O
Etymology
OE Dun (n )ingdun , 'Dunn's hill,' the ing in -ingdun having the same sense as that recorded for it in -ingtun . The change of vowel in the modern forms is curious. un must have become in , at least in pron. as in Dinton infra , and the form Dinham seems then to have been assimilated to that of the more common name Denham . The loss of the second d must be due to assimilation, nd becoming nn .