Elvendon

	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 UK England Oxfordshire 51°31′38″N 1°06′05″W / 51.5273°N 1.1013°W

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

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

^ "Elvendon Priory, Goring, Oxfordshire".
^ "Heritage Gateway - Results".
^ 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).
^ ^a ^b Ann Cole, 'Two Chiltern Place-names Reconsidered: Elvendon and Misbourne', Journal of the English Place-name Society, 50 (2018), 65-74.

[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).

[:0-4] Ann Cole, 'Two Chiltern Place-names Reconsidered: Elvendon and Misbourne', Journal of the English Place-name Society, 50 (2018), 65-74.

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