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Various earlier spellings have the intuitive, post-Norman spelling of "u" instead of "o" and the village is still pronounced as it has been for centuries by rooted residents or by those who correctly abstract the sound from 'front': in the 10th century 'Crundelas' was recorded; throughout the 14th century it was 'Crundale' An Old English crundel was a chalk-pit or lime quarry, and the word has survived in the name of Crondall
A pretty village with a Georgian ‘The Court’ and the church is reached by a magnificent avenue of lime trees.
There are two Norman motte and bailey camps on the Farnham road, and Powderham Castle and Bailey Pound Copse are now Ancient Monuments
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- Landmark