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.

Hexdown

Other OS name in the Parish of Bigbury

Historical Forms

  • Bigbury-down al. Hexte-down t.Eliz ChancP

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bigbury-down al. Hexte-down t. Eliz ChancP . Hexte may be for OE  hiehsta , ME hexte , ' highest . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement