Long Crendon

Long Crendon
St. Mary's parish church
Long Crendon is located in Buckinghamshire
Long Crendon
Long Crendon
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population2,451 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP6908
• London42 miles (68 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Long Crendon
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAYLESBURY
Postcode districtHP18
Dialling code01844
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteLong Crendon Village
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°46′23″N 0°59′49″W / 51.773°N 0.997°W / 51.773; -0.997

Long Crendon is a village and civil parish in west Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Haddenham and 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire. The village has been called Long Crendon only since the English Civil War.[2] The "Long" prefix refers to the length of the village at that time, and was added to differentiate it from nearby Grendon Underwood, which used to be known as "Crendon". This name is Old English and means 'Creoda's Hill' (in 1086 it was listed in the Domesday Book as Crededone).[3]

  1. ^ "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ Birch, 1975, page not cited
  3. ^ Mills & Room, 2003, page not cited