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.

Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Kimmeridge

Etymology

( lost , SY 925778 ) , 1826 Gre , cf. Gt Down Close , Long Down Close p1795Mansel , v. dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement