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.

Downhays

Other OS name in the Parish of Spreyton

Historical Forms

Downe in Sprayton 1504–15 ECP4,197

Etymology

is Downe in Sprayton 1504–15 ECP 4, 197 . v. dun and Hayne supra 129 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Spreyton