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.

Downeycroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Virginstow

Historical Forms

  • Downa Croft 1674 FF

Etymology

is Downa Croft 1674FF , ' hill croft . ' For the medial syllable , v. Introd. xxxvi .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement