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.

Down Land

Field in the Parish of Compton Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Le Downe 1551 LRMB

Etymology

Down Land(Le Downe 1551 LRMB, v. dūn)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement