Great Oxendon
village · West Northamptonshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Great Oxendon means 'great farmstead on the hill', from Old English 'mycel' (great), 'dun' (hill), and 'tun' (farmstead).
Word origins
- Great
- Old Englishgreat(from mycel "great")
- Oxendon
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead on the hill(from dūn "hill", tūn "farmstead, village, estate")
Historical forms
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