Quarndon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Quarndon
Historical Forms
- Cornun 1086 DB
- Querendunie Hy2 RegAnt
- Querendon(e) c.1200 e.13th Werb 1224–6,1227,1243 RegAnt
- Qwerendon 1535 Val
- Querundon 1227 RegAnt
- Querindon 1281 ib
- Querdon' 1233–48 Darley 1330 Ass 1346 Cor
- Quern(e)don(e) 1252 RegAnt 1322 FF 1327 Banco 1328 SR 1547–51 ECP
- Quuordon' 1275 RH
- Quorundon 1284–6 FA 1308 RadCh
- Quarendon 1291 Tax
- Quarundon 1384 AddCh
- Corundon' 1386 Cor
- Quarndon 1391 IpmR 1490 DbCh 1556 Pat
- Querne 1544–7 ECP
- Quarn(e) 1622 ParReg 1627 Halliii 1734 Poll 1767 Burdett
Etymology
'Mill hill', or 'hill where millstones were obtained', v. cweorn , dūn . For the monosyllabic forms, cf. Quorn Lei.