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.

Bonehill Down

Early-attested site in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Bunhildowne 1652 Recov

Etymology

The first element may be simply the word bone , perhaps with some reference to the prehistoric burial grounds which are so thick on Dartmoor.Cf. Bunhill (London). The old local pronunciation survives in