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.

Sowden

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Sower Downe 1548 Pat
  • Sowth Downe 1566 DA

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sower Downe 1548 Pat, Sowth Downe 1566 DA 34 .