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.

Currendon

Other OS name in the Parish of Swanage

Historical Forms

  • Coringdon 1560 Hutch3 1774 Hutch1
  • Coryngdon 1571 Hutch3
  • Curendon c.1586 Tres

Etymology

, Coringdon 1560 Hutch3, 1774Hutch1, Coryngdon 1571 Hutch3, Curendon c. 1586 Tres , ' millhill ' , or ' hill where millstones were obtained ' , v. cweorn , dūn , cf. Coringdon in Corscombe par . infra .