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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The Downs
The Downs
Early-attested site in the Parish of Luton
Historical Forms
la Dune
1276
Ass
la Doune
1297
SR
Etymology
Self-explanatory.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Stapleford
Brache (Fm)
Bramingham (Great and Little)
Cowridge End
Dallow (Fm)
Farley (Fm and Hill)
Greathampstead
Luton Hoo
Runley (Woods)
Woodcroft
Stockwood
Major Settlement
Luton
