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.

Tredown

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hollacombe

Historical Forms

  • atter Doune 1330 SR

Etymology

Cf. Trelana, Treleigh infra 163, 210. This development is very common also in East Cornwall, but there it may have been influenced by the numerous Celtic names beginning with Tre -.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement