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.

Southdown

Other OS name in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

  • Sowdon 1615 Recov

Etymology

is Sowdon 1615Recov and was the home of Lucy Bysouthedon , i.e . ' south of the down ' ( 1333SR ) .