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.

Charlton Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Charlton Marshall

Historical Forms

  • le Downes 1508 Eton
  • le doun 1559 ib

Etymology

, 1863 Hutch3 , le Downes 1508Eton , le doun 1559ib , cf. culturamversus montem , le Foredoun 1447ib , v. dūn , fore .