/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Huntingdon
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(called by the Saxons Huntantun, and in Doomsday Hunter’s dune) appears to have derived its name from its situation in a tract of country which was anciently an extensive forest abounding with deer, and well suited for the purposes of the chase.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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