Wendover is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. ... The town name is of Brythonic origin and means "white water", referring to the stream that rises in the adjacent hills and flows through the middle of the town, bringing chalk deposits on its way.

Where does the name Wendover come from?

Wendover was actually an ancient Saxon village which was known as Waendofran c. 970 but by the the Domesday Book of 1086 it was known as Wendoure. The place name was derived from the name of the stream, a Celtic river-name meaning "white waters."

Is Wendover a town or a village?

Wendover is a market town at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district.