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.

North Down

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heathfield

Historical Forms

  • Horapeltre 13th ADiii

Etymology

North Down (6″) was earlier called Horeappletree Common (Horapeltre 13th AD iii). The name must have referred to an apple-tree marking the boundary (v. har ) between the hundreds of Dill and Hawksborough (SAC 66, 233).