Quendon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Quendon
Historical Forms
- Kuenadanam 1086 DB
- Quen(e)den(e) 1248 Ass 1399 IpmR
- Cuendon 1232 Cl
- Quendon 1323 Londin
- Querendon 1213 Abbr
- Querndon 1347 Pat
- Quenendon, Quenenden, Quenynden 1281 Ch
- Quinton 1371 Pat
- Quinden 1428 FA
Etymology
This is from OE cwenena-denu , 'women's valley,' or Cwēnan - denu , 'Cwena 's valley,' Cwēna being a pet-form of one of the OE personal names in Cwēn -. There was early confusion of denu and dun , while the r -forms are due to AN dissimilation.