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.

Shorts Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch

Historical Forms

  • Shortysdown 1518–29 ECP5,558

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Shortysdown 1518–29 ECP 5,558 . Short was probably the name of a medieval holder .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement