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.

Tordown

Other OS name in the Parish of Swimbridge

Historical Forms

  • Tredowne 1581 SR

Etymology

is Tredowne 1581SR . This may be for ME  atter doun , ' at thedown , ' the place being on a hill - top . See further Tredown supra 146 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement