Down Ampney
Major Settlement in the Parish of Down Ampney
Historical Forms
- Omenel 1086 DB
- Amenel(l) 12 Pat 1496 Ch 1227–1233
- Dun Amenel(l) 1154–89 RBE 1211–13,1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1236 Fees 1361 FF
- Hamenel(l) 1221 Ass
- Dun Hamenel(l) 1221 1236 Fees
- Dunhamle, Dunhamel 1221,1248 Ass
- Dunhauenel 1226–8 Fees
- Dunameie 1221 Ass
- Dunhaumen 1275 Episc
- Dunaumeneye 1271 Ch
- Dounaumeney 1429 Pat
- Donamen(e)ye 1275 Episc 1287 Ass 1293 Cl 1385 Ch
- Dunamen(e)ye 1276 RH 13 CirenD2 1287 Ass
- Dounamen(e)ye 1300 FF 1327 SR 1426 Pat
- Downamen(e)ye 1361 FF
- Dounamney 1424 Pat 1434 Monast
- Downeamney 1445 FF 1577 M
- Down(e) Ampney 1535 VE 1587 FF 1725 PR
Etymology
v. Ampney Crucis (48supra ). This place is the most southerly of the Ampneys at the lower end of Ampney Brook, v. dūne 'lower'.