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.

Twitchen

Other OS name in the Parish of West Down

Historical Forms

Twichene 1330 SR

Towchyn al. Twychyn 1650 Recov

Etymology

is Twichene 1330SR (p), Towchyn al. Twychyn 1650Recov . ' Crossways , ' cf. Twitcheninfra 54, 57 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

West Down