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.
Survey of English place-names
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Down End
Down End
Other OS name in the Parish of Kingswear
Historical Forms
Downe, Downesend
c.1550
Leland
Etymology
is
Downe
,
Downesend
c. 1550 Leland .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Waterhead Brake
Major Settlement
Kingswear