Charndon

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Charndon
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Charndon
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Charndon
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population862 {2011 Census including Calvert} [1]
OS grid reference SP6724
Civil parish
  • Charndon
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
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UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°55′05″N1°01′26″W / 51.918°N 1.024°W / 51.918; -1.024

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

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Name

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

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. [3]

Within the hamlet of Charndon is the Charndon Grounds estate, once the site of a large country house.

References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. "Location of Mid Buckinghamshire". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. "Ankers, Ronald Thomas". International Bomber Command Centre - Losses Database. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

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