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.

Downash

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ticehurst

Historical Forms

  • Downwyst 1533–8 ECP

Etymology

Downash is Downe Wyste 1266 Register Dean and Chapter of Canterbury i. 116, Downwyst 1533–8 ECP. wist is here the East Sussex wist used of a measure of land (v. NED s. v .).