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.

Downs

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ham

Historical Forms

  • Hanger Down c.1840 TA

Etymology

Downs (6″) is Hanger Down c. 1840TA and the Hanger is identical with the hangra in bofan hangran (BCS 677) which must have been applied to the whole slope of Ham Hill.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement