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.

Underdown Hollow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradford Abbas

Historical Forms

  • Undirdowne 1486 Ipm
  • Hundredowne, Hunderdownes meade 1563 Digby
  • Vnderdon 1575 Digby
  • Vnderdowne mead 1583 Digby
  • Under Downe 1672 Digby
  • Underdown Lane, Underdown Md(w) 1838 TA

Etymology

Underdown Hollow (ST 578157), Undirdowne 1486 Ipm, Hundredowne , Hunderdownes meade 1563Digby , Vnderdon 1575Digby , Vnderdowne mead 1583Digby , Under Downe 1672Digby , Underdown Lane , Underdown Md (w )1838TA , '(ground) under the down or hill', from under and dūn .