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.

Higher Town and Lower Town

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • le hyer towne, Lower towne t.Eliz LRMB

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) are le hyer towne , Lower towne t. ElizLRMB .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement