Charndon

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

Charndon
Charndon
Charndon Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	862 {2011 Census including Calvert}[1]
OS grid reference	SP6724
Civil parish	Charndon
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
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	Mid Buckinghamshire[2]
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51.918°N 1.024°W / 51.918; -1.024

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.