Quarrendon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Quarrendon
Historical Forms
- Querendone 1086 DB c.1140 DandCLinc.Reg.Antiquiss. c.1225 P 1176 Bract 1218 Ass 1227 Cl 1232 Ass 1247 Fees 1250 Ipm 1275 ADi 1279 ADiv 13th Pat 1315,1344 Cl 1374 ADv 1488
- Cuerendon 1189 P 1232 Pat
- Querrendon 1232 Cl
- Querndon 1255 For 1284 FA 1299 Fine 1330 Ipm 1332 Cl 1342 1397 Pat
- Querdon al. Querndon 1297 Ipm
- Querindon 1297 Cl
- Querdone 1316 FA
- Quernedon 1370 Cl
- Kerungdon 1398 Pat
- Querundon 1399 Pat
- Querenden 1491 Ipm
- Quarendon 1499 Pat 1510 LP
- Quarryngdon 1509 LP
- Quarnedon 1512 LP
- Quarington 1592 D 1766 J
- Quarrington 1826 B
Etymology
OE cweorn -dūn , 'mill-hill,' v. cweorn . The reference here must be to a mill rather than a mill-stone for such could never have been quarried here (Harman).
Places in the same Parish
None