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.

Black Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadhembury

Historical Forms

Blackdowne 1631,1700 Recov

Etymology

is Blackdowne 1631, 1700Recov .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Broadhembury