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.

Hawkdown

Other OS name in the Parish of Dowland

Historical Forms

  • Hokedon 1333 SR

Etymology

is Hokedon 1333SR (p) . v. hoc , dun . There is a hill here with a prominent spur .

Places in the same Parish