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.

Downlee

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Downelegh 1714 DuLa

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Downelegh 1714DuLa , v. dūn , lēah .