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By Geo. Matcham, Esq. 257 
late when the document called Domesday was compiled, the syllable 
dun being frequently written don, I subjoin further examples from 
that work where the same conversions have since occurred in 
modern orthography:! and upon these grounds I venture to 
disclaim the charge of rashness of which I have been accused. 
As the result of his proposition, Mr. Scrope concludes that if Ed- 
ington had been mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle it would be as 
Edentun not as Ethandune; but as Edington is identified by Wynd- 
ham, Dr. Thurnam, and the writer himself as the Edendone of 
Domesday, and moreover as the same orthography is found to have 
prevailed in the reign of Edward III.,? and continued in the year 
Ealdenedun Aldington Warwickshire. 
Hwactedun Wheaton Gloucestershire. 
Hwactedun Wotton Surrey. 
Hwitandun Whittington Warwickshire. 
Ossunaldesdun Ossulston Worcestershire. 
Rigandun Rigton Suffolk. 
Wassandun Washton Hants. 
Unideandun Withington Gloucestershire. 
So also, Loppendyn Lopton Suffolk. 
and the dens, or deans of Kent and other counties have been transmuted into 
the same termination of ton, as 
Scarenden Sherrington Kent. 
Snittingden Snellington Kent. 
Deningden Thorington Kent. 
Drislanden Thurston Hants. 
Dristlingaden Tristlington Worcestershire. 
1 Examples from Domesday :— 
Edendone Edington Wilts. 
Nichendune, supposed Nackington Wilts. 
Snendone _ Sherington Wilts. 
Hanendon Hanington Wilts. 
Cadendone Caddington Berks. 
Herlingdone Harlington Berks. 
Rochesdone or 
Rochestone (sic) Roxton Bucks. 
Cottendone Cheddington Bucks. 
Hortedun Hartington Derbyshire. 
Hollendone Hollington Bucks. 
Sithlingdone Shellington Beds, 
Cadendon Caddington Beds, 
* Carta regis Edwardi Tertii, qui concedit plurimas libertates monasterio 
--fratrum (ordinis St. Augustini) de Edyndone in Co. Wiltsia. Dat. 20 die 
Septembris Anno regni sui 33. Cat. Lib, MSS. Bibl. Harl. y. i. 
