English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Downeslond '

Field in the Parish of Shillingstone

Historical Forms

  • Downeslond ' 1548 PlR
  • Downsland ' 1600 Weld

Etymology

Downeslond' 1548, Downsland' 1600(v. land, first el. dūn'hill' or asurname)