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.

East Down

Major Settlement in the Parish of East Down

Historical Forms

Duna 1086 DB

Estdoune 1260 Exon

Estdone 1291 Tax

Etymology

v. dun . 'East' to distinguish from West Down infra 39.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site