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.

Downtown Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanford on Avon

Historical Forms

  • Duna 12th Selby
  • la Doune 1317 FF 1330 Ass
  • Downe 1540 LP
  • Down Town 1645 Deed

Etymology

Downtown Hill is Duna 12th Selby, la Doune 1317FF , 1330Ass (p), Downe 1540 LP, Down Town 1645Deed . v. dun . There was formerly a village here, now depopulated (Bridges i, 578).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site