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General
The name Grendon consists of two parts both Old English in their derivation. The first of these is the word grene meaning 'green' and dun meaning 'hill'. The second half of the name Underwood means literally that (under 'under' and wudu 'wood') so the whole name translates as 'green hill under the wood'. In the Domesday Book the name was given as Grennedone.
It is said that William Shakespeare began A Midsummer Night's Dream while staying at the New Inn, later becoming Shakespeare Farm.
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A41
A driver was travelling from Grendon Underwood towards the A41 when he encountered a slow moving silver Vauxhall car. At the junction the driver of the silver car indicated that they were turning left but instead they turned right and as they did so they turned to look at the car behind them. The driver of the other car pulled up to the junction and then realised that, even though they had taken their eyes off the other car for only a few seconds, it had vanished. What made it interesting was that there was no where for the other car to have gone.
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