Static Image Name: | Field above Elvendon Priory - geograph.org.uk - 590878.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Field above Elvendon Priory |
Coordinates: | 51.5273°N -1.1013°W |
Os Grid Reference: | SU624813 |
Civil Parish: | Goring Heath |
Shire County: | Oxfordshire |
Region: | South East England |
Country: | England |
Elvendon is a small settlement in Oxfordshire and the Chiltern Hills, near Goring. It includes the grade II listed building Elvendon Priory.[1] [2]
The first element of the name is agreed to be the word elf, either in singular or plural form.[3] [4] The second element was long thought to derive from Old English Avestan: dūn 'hill', but reanalysis of the primary evidence revealed that the second element is from Old English Avestan: denu 'valley'. Thus at the time when it was coined, the name meant 'elves' valley' or something like it.