Checkendon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Checkendon
Historical Forms
- Cecadene 1086 DB
- Chakenden c.1175–80 BC c.1444 Bodl 1768
- Chakend' Marmiun 1220 Fees
- Chacundene 1395 Cl
- Chakeden' 1200 Cur 1301 Cl
- Chekendane c.1215 Norman
- Chekenden 1258 Ch
- Chekynden 1559 Bodl
- Chakesden' 1235–6 Fees
- Iakendene 1262 FF
- Chabenden 1278–9 RH
- Thakendene, Chalkendene 1285 Ass
- Shakynden 1428 FA
- Checkingdon early18th ParColl
- Ceacca wylles heafde 1012 KCD 1307
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN) assumes a personal name *Ceacca as the first element of this and of the name Checkley found in Ch, He and St.There is a Ceacca wylles heafde 1012 KCD 1307 in the boundaries of Whitchurch, which, if the first element be in fact a personal name, must be named from the same man. Second element denu . For Marmiun v. Littlestoke infra .