Charndon is a hamlet and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England.
| Charndon | |
|---|---|
Mar2006.jpg) Charndon | |
  Charndon Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 862 {2011 Census including Calvert}[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP6724 |
| Civil parish |
|
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bicester |
| Postcode district | OX27 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Name
editThe hamlet's toponym combines Brittonic and Old English Germanic origins, as is common with other places in this part of the country (see Brill and Bow Brickhill). It means "cairn hill", cairn being a Celtic word for a ceremonial hill or pile of stones. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the hamlet as Credendone.
History
editCharndon was once a part of the Buckingham Hundred.
During World War Two a Vickers Wellington Bomber Aircraft crashed West of the Hamlet, killing all on board.[2]
Within the hamlet of Charndon is the Charndon Grounds estate, once the site of a large country house.
References
edit- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ^ "Ankers, Ronald Thomas". International Bomber Command Centre - Losses Database. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
Further reading
edit- Page, W.H., ed. (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 254–259.
 | This Buckinghamshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |