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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton St Petrock

Historical Forms

  • Down 1500 ADvi

Etymology

Down is

Down 1500 AD vi, v. dun . It may be the hill referred to in on gerihte suð ofer dune in the land boundaries of Newton, v. supra 101 n.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement