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.

Downley

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

Dounly 1356 Pat

Downeley in Singleton 1591 MarC

Etymology

Downley is Dunlee 1271, Dunlye 1302 Ipm, Dounly 1356 Pat, Downeley in Singleton 1591 MarC. v. dun , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

West Dean