Editing Cadsden (section)

== History ==
The origin of the name, which also appears as Cadsden,<ref>For instance in the Monks Risborough Inclosure Award of 1839.</ref> is doubtful and it is unknown when it was first used.<ref>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.</ref> 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'.<ref> 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 (academic)|Kenneth Cameron]]: English Place Names (1961) at page 180 (on dean & den) and pages 168 & 192 (on cats).</ref>

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]].<ref>"A life of John Hampden The Patriot" by Dr John Adair(1976)</ref>

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 hours the Anson crashed at Longdown Farm in Cadsden, killing all four crew members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.princesrisborough.com/memorials.html/ |title=Princes Risborough Memorials |access-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226212417/http://www.princesrisborough.com/memorials.html |archive-date=26 February 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The accident was witnessed by an instructor in a second aircraft. The names and positions of the deceased were: Sgt Edward A. Merry, Pilot; Sgt James R. Craven, Pilot; Sgt Kenneth R. Blaskey, Pilot; and Sgt Albert C. Poulton, Wireless Operator and Air Gunner.