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.

Tor Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Drewsteignton

Historical Forms

  • Tarrdowne 1730 Recov

Etymology

is Tarrdowne 1730Recov . v. torr . For the a - spelling , v. Introd. xxxiii .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement