Conderton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Conderton
Historical Forms
- Cantuaretun 875 BCS541 11th
- Cantertun c.1170 WoC c.1250
- Canterton, Kanterton 1201 Cur 1220 Bracton 1227,1258 FF
- Conterton 1269 FF 1322 Pat
- Conterton juxta Overbury 1233 FF 1327 SR
- Canderton 1577 Saxton
- Conderton 16thand17th Wills
Etymology
In view of the first form quoted here it seems almost impossible to avoid the conclusion that this name is from OE Cantwara -tūn , 'farm of the men of Kent,' and that the settlement must have been established by some migrants from that county. Cf. Exton (Ha) which was a settlement by men from Essex. v. Mawer PN and History 10. The only other possibility is to take the first element as an unrecorded fem. pers. name Cæntwaru , parallels to which are found in Centwine and Centweald .