Charndon is a hamlet and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England.

Charndon
Charndon
Charndon is located in Buckinghamshire
Charndon
Charndon
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population862 {2011 Census including Calvert}[1]
OS grid referenceSP6724
Civil parish
  • Charndon
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBicester
Postcode districtOX27
Dialling code01296
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°55′05″N 1°01′26″W / 51.918°N 1.024°W / 51.918; -1.024

Name

edit

The 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

edit

Charndon 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
  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. ^ "Ankers, Ronald Thomas". International Bomber Command Centre - Losses Database. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

Further reading

edit