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Cridiantun
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Old English
Etymology
From a Celtic river name + ang tūn town. town on the river Creedy.
Proper noun
Cridiantūn n
ang Crediton town dist/Mid Devon co/Devon cc/England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ang 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
en Crediton