Cridiantun

Old English

Etymology

From a Celtic river name + tūn (“town”). Literally, “town on the river Creedy”.

Proper noun

Cridiantūn n

  1. Crediton (a town in Mid Devon district, Devon, England)
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCC.LXXVII Hēr wæs þæt myċċle ġemōt æt Kyrtlingtūne ofer Ēastron, ⁊ þǣr forðferde Sidemann bisċeop, on hrǣdlīċan dēaþe on II Kƚ. Mai. Sē wæs Defnasċire bisċeop ⁊ hē wilnode þæt his līcræst sċeolde bēon æt Cridiantūne æt his bisċeopstōle.
      Year 977 In this year there was a great assembly after Easter at Kirtlington. There passed away Bishop Sideman, with a sudden death on the calends of March. He was bishop of Devonshire, and he desired that his tomb should be at his palace in Crediton.

Descendants

  • English: Crediton
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