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Cadsden is a hamlet in South Buckinghamshire, England, two miles north east of Princes Risborough.〔(History of Princes Risborough inc Cadsden )〕〔(/Extract from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) )〕 == History == The origin of the name, which also appears as Catsdean,〔For instance in the Monks Risborough Inclosure Award of 1839.〕 is doubtful and it is not known when it was first used.〔It is not mentioned in Mawer & Stenton: The Place Names of Buckinghamshire published by the Place Names Society in 1925, nor in Eilert Ekwall: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (4th edition 1960), nor in the Cambridge Dictionary of English Place Names.〕 If it dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, when most of the other local place names first appeared, it probably meant 'Valley frequented by wild cats'.〔The Old English word ''denu'' meaning a dene or valley is common in place names, where it may be spelt -dene, -den, or -dean, and ''cats'' as a prefix usually indicated that the place was inhabited by wild cats. See Ekwall's Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names under 'denu' and 'catt'. See also Kenneth Cameron: English Place Names (1961) at page 180 (on dean & den) and pages 168 & 192 (on cats).〕 It is certainly at the bottom of a steep valley. It is said that in 1643 a wake was held in Cadsden for John Hampden by his beloved Greencoats, whilst escorting his body back to the family home at Great Hampden from Thame, where he died following the Battle of Chalgrove Field〔"A life of John Hampden The Patriot" by Dr John Adair(1976)〕 On 30th January 1943 a Royal Air Force (RAF) Avro Anson Mk1 serial no. L7964 was on a Night Navigation Training exercise from the Central School of Navigation, flying from RAF Cranage, Cheshire. The weather conditions were poor and at 0250 hrs the Anson crashed at Longdown Farm in Cadsden 〔(Princes Risborough Memorials )〕 The accident was witnessed by an Instructor in a second aircraft. All four crew members died, they were: Sgt Edward A. Merry, Pilot, Sgt James R. Craven Pilot, Sgt Kenneth R. Blaskey Pilot, Sgt Albert C. Poulton Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cadsden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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