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.

Park Downs

Early-attested site in the Parish of Banstead

Etymology

Park Downs is le Brokynhulle 1425, Park Down al. Brokenhil 1564 LBa. The ground is much broken here.