Downshay Fm, Downshay Wd
Other OS name in the Parish of Worth Matravers
Historical Forms
- Dunshay c.1586 Tres
- Duncehay 1646 SC
- Downhays 1811 OS
- Downshay Fd, Downshay Wd 1840 TA
Etymology
, Dunshay c. 1586 Tres, Duncehay 1646 SC, Downhays 1811 OS, Downshay Fd , Downshay Wd 1840TA , probably ' Dun's enclosure ' , cf. William Dun 1327SR , William Don 1332 SR , v. (ge)hæg , but the first el . is possibly dūn ' hill ' , cf. Home Down , Lt Down 1840TA , a group of fields adjacent to Downshay Wd , and v. Compact Fmsupra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- St Alban's Head or St Aldhelm's Head
- Weston Fm
- Woodyhyde Ctgs, Woodyhyde Fm
- Seacombe Bottom, Seacombe Cliff, Seacombe Quarry, Seacombe Gallery
- St Aldhelm's Chapel
- Caplestone Ctg
- Chapman's Pool (Ctgs)
- Eastington Fm
- Haycraft
- Quarr
- Renscombe Fm
Other OS name
- Abbascombe
- Black Man's Stile
- Bonvils Fm
- Buttery Corner
- Compact Fm
- The Cottage
- Crab Hole
- Culverwell
- Emmetts Hill
- Sheepfold
- Lr Sutton, Top Sutton
- Turnpike Ctgs
- Watch Rock
- West Hill
- Winspit (Bottom), Winspit East End
- Worth Fm, Worth Quarries
- Halswell Bars, Halswell Cliff, Halswell Rock
- Sunnydown School
- Gallows Gore Ctgs
- Square & Compass (P.H.)
- Flower Mdw
- Harman's Copse, Harman's Cross, Harman's Cross Rds
- Hill Bottom
- Instow
- Lookout Post, Rocket Post
- East Man, West Man
- Manor Ho
- Mike's Cove, Willy's Cove
- Necklace
- North Hill
- Pier Bottom
- Primrose Hill
- Ring-Bum Gdns
- Rookery
- St Nicholas's Church