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.

Downhouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch

Historical Forms

  • Donhous t.Hy6 Ct
  • Downhowsen 1518–29 ECP5,558

Etymology

is Donhous t. Hy 6Ct , Downhowsen 1518–29 ECP 5, 558 . Self - explanatory . The second form preserves the old weak pl .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement