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.

Downhall

Field in the Parish of Seaton

Historical Forms

Downhall 1597 TB

Neather House 1717 Conant

Neither House 1754 Anc

Etymology

Downhall 1597(also called Neather House 1717 Conant, Neither House 1754(v. neoðera),'thelower hall', v. dūne, hall)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Seaton