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.

Snowdon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Snoudon 1238,1244 Ass
  • Snowdon 1384 DuCo

Etymology

The name may have arisen from some occasion when the hill was specially deep in snow or because the snow lies specially late here. Cf. the same name 311infra .