The name of the village derives from a Saxon personal name and the Old English word dun giving ‘Creoda's hill’. The Long part of the name was added later and refers to the shape of the parish. Creoda was the son of Cedric, or Cerdic, the first king of the West Saxons. At the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 the name was given as Credendone.

Long Crendon attained prominence in the sixteenth century when it became a centre for needle making. One factory was still present in Chilton Road in 1885. Lace making was also important, a craft which had been brought to Buckinghamshire by foreign refugees in the sixteenth century.

The Courthouse

At Church End in Long Crendon stands a building known as the Courthouse. At one time the building was thought to have been haunted by a poltergeist.

Originally known as Staple Hall you can today pay a visit to the upper floor of the fifteenth century half-timbered two-storied Courthouse that was originally used as a wool store then, from the reign of Henry V to Victorian times, for manorial court sessions.

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Lower End

It is said that a ghostly horseman has been seen galloping through Lower End, at the north end of Lower Crendon. No further details are currently available.

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The Mound

In Lower End the spirit of an unhappy little lady has been seen. It is said that her soul has been shut up in a salt box which has been buried in a chimney wall at The Mound, originally an Elizabethan farmhouse lying just off the Bicester Road.

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St Mary the Virgin

The area around the church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin in Church End, Long Crendon, is said to be haunted by a grey lady. She is said to be ‘friendly and harmless, and glides away to keep her secret’ whatever that is.

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St Mary the Virgin