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.

Downholme

Major Settlement in the Parish of Downholme

Historical Forms

  • Dune 1086 DB
  • Dunum 12 Marrick120 1184 RichReg 1231 Ass 1292 Ch
  • Dounoum 1314 Ch
  • Downhum 1535 FF

Etymology

'(Amongst) the hills' from OE  æt þǣm dūnum . v. dun . The DB form is from the dat. sing.

Places in the same Parish