Dundon

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village in Compton Dundon parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4832). countable, uncountable

Etymology

For the place: from Old English dūn + denu (“valley by the hill”). Recorded as Dondeme ^([sic]) in 1086 (DB), and Dunden in 1286. Dundon Hill is east of the village.

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Compton Dundon

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