Elvendon

Human settlement in England

Field above Elvendon Priory

Elvendon

Location within Oxfordshire

OS grid reference| SU624813
Civil parish|

* Goring Heath

Shire county|

* Oxfordshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Oxfordshire
Ambulance| South Central

List of places

England
Oxfordshire

51°31′38″N 1°06′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.5273°N 1.1013°W﻿ / 51.5273; -1.1013

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

## 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.