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.

Beaminster Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • Be(a)mister Downe 1623–34 DCMCt

Etymology

, 1766 DCMDeed , 1811 OS , Be (a )mister Downe 1623–34DCMCt , v. dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement