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.

Beacon Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Bridford

Historical Forms

  • Downe or Beaken Downe 1754 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Downe or Beaken Downe 1754Recov .