Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Grendona 12th Finc

• Grendonam 1183 BB c.1382

• Grendune 1208×10 Fees

• Grendon' 1183 BB c.1320 RPD 1312 Spec c.1320 Ct 1330 Hatf 1382

• Grendone 1360 GT

• Grendon 1300 Bek 1333 Ct 1334(p)etfreqto1517 IPM 1586 Wills

• Grendon juxta Torp 1382 Hatf

• Gryndon 1471,1510 IPM

• gryndon c.1560 Wills 1568 Salvin

• Gryndone 1539 FPD

• Grirden' 1438×9 Vis

• Grinden 1586 Wills

• Grindon a village 1675 Ogilby

• Grindon 1721 Rob 1724,1732 Lond

• Grendona 1183 NbDu 96

• Grendon 1279 NbDu 96

• Grendune c.1190 NbDu 96

• Grendone 1086 DEPN

• Westgrendon 1319 DCDPN

• ecc'e de Grendon 1333 Ct

• ecclesias de … Grirden' (sic) 1438×9 Vis

• the churche of gryndon c.1560 Wills

• Layton Chappel 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Green hill', OE  grēne + dūn. A common type of p.n. as in Grindon Northumberland NT 9144, Grendona 1183 NbDu 96; Northumberland NY 8269, Grendon 1279 NbDu 96; Durham NZ 3554, Grendune c.1190 NbDu 96. Also Staffordshire SK 0854, Grendone 1086 DEPN, and High Grindon, Durham NZ 3224 Westgrendon 1319 DCDPN.

St Thomas à Becket's Church, ecc 'e de Grendon 1333Ct , ecclesias de … Grirden ' (sic) 1438×9 Vis, the churche of gryndon c.1560 Wills, Layton Chappel 1675 Ogilby.