Cuddesdon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cuddesdon
Historical Forms
- (æt) Cuþenes dune 956 BCS945
- Codesdone 1086 DB 1428 FA
- Codysdon 1428 FA
- Cudesdon 1122 Frid c.1425 Frid 1346 c.1425
- Cuddesdone, Cuddesdenne, Cuddestone 1285 Ass
- Cuddesdone 1526 LS
- Cuthesdonam 1146 Abingdon c.1425
- Cuthesdena 1152 Abingdon c.1425
- Cutesduna, Cutesdon' 1167 P
- Cuttesdon 1517 DInc
- Quodesden 1316 FA
- Cotisdon, Cotisden, Cotysdon 1428 FA
Etymology
'The hill of Cūþwine ,' OE Cūþwines dūn: or the first element may be, as suggested in DEPN, OE *Cūþen , a short form of names in Cūþ - formed with the diminutive suffix -īn . Cf. Cutslow 267.