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.

Compton Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Compton Abbas

Historical Forms

  • Compton Downe 1618 Map
  • le Downe 1564 Glyn

Etymology

, Compton Downe 1618Map , le Downe 1564Glyn , v. dūn ' hill, down ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement