English Explanatory Dictionary

Quarndon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK344410).

Word forms

Quarndon Quarndons

Etymology

Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Cornun. From Old English *Cweorndūn, a compound of cweorn (“quern, millstone”) + dūn (“hill”).

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