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Warmwell Down Barn

Other OS name in the Parish of Warmwell

Historical Forms

  • Warm(ew)ellesdoun 1453–1462 Weld1
  • Warm(ew)eldoun 1465,1466 ib

Etymology

, Warm (ew )ellesdoun 1453–1462Weld 1, Warm (ew )eldoun 1465,1466ib , cf. the Sheepe Downe 1618Mansel , Down , Further Down Fivelands , (Yonder ) Down Grd 1841TA , v. dūn .