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.

Buckham Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • Buckham Downe 1629 DCMCt

Etymology

, 1842TA , Buckham Downe 1629DCMCt , cf. Buc (k )ham downe yeate 1629ib , 1683DCMDeed , named from Buckham supra , v. dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement