Elvendon is a small settlement in Oxfordshire and the Chiltern Hills, near Goring. It includes the grade II listed building Elvendon Priory.[1][2]

Field above Elvendon Priory
Elvendon is located in Oxfordshire
Elvendon
Elvendon
Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid referenceSU624813
Civil parish
  • Goring Heath
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceThames Valley
FireOxfordshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°31′38″N 1°06′05″W / 51.5273°N 1.1013°W / 51.5273; -1.1013

Etymology

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The first element of the name is agreed to be the word elf, either in singular or plural form.[3][4]: 67  The second element was long thought to derive from Old English dūn 'hill', but reanalysis of the primary evidence revealed that the second element is from Old English denu 'valley'. Thus at the time when it was coined, the name meant 'elves' valley' or something like it.[4]: 65–67 

References

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  1. ^ "Elvendon Priory, Goring, Oxfordshire".
  2. ^ "Heritage Gateway - Results".
  3. ^ Alaric Hall, 'Are there any Elves in Anglo-Saxon Place-Names?', Nomina: Journal of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland, 29 (2006), 61-80 (p. 76).
  4. ^ a b Ann Cole, 'Two Chiltern Place-names Reconsidered: Elvendon and Misbourne', Journal of the English Place-name Society, 50 (2018), 65-74.