English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Grendon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Grendon

Historical Forms

  • Grendon(e) 1086 DB
  • Grendon or Grenton 1349 Ipm
  • Crenden 1241 P
  • Gryndon 1313 Ipm
  • Grindon 1622 FF
  • Greendon 1633 FF

Etymology

'Green hill,' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site