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.

Net Down

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shrewton

Historical Forms

  • Netteton 1323 Ipm
  • Netton 1332 SR 1566 FF 1638 Recov
  • Necton 1432 ADii
  • Nettefeld 1536 MinAcct
  • Netfeld 1566 FF
  • Nett, Net, downes of Net, Net feeld 1599 WMxxiii
  • Nett Downe 1682 DKRxii
  • Nett al. Netton 1754 FF
  • Nett, Nett Bush, Nett Drove, Nett Mead c.1840 TA

Etymology

This name is probably identical with Netton infra 364, from OE  neat-tun, 'cattle farm.' At some stage in its history Netton would seem to have been interpreted as Net Down and then a series of names created from an imagined simplex Net (t ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement