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Survey of English Place-Names

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King Down, King Down Drove & King Down Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Pamphill

Historical Forms

  • (the) Kinges Downe 1591 DLMB
  • Kings Down, Kingsdown Fm 1811 OS
  • King Down (Fd) 1847 TA

Etymology

, (the ) Kinges Downe 1591DLMB , Kings Down , Kingsdown Fm 1811 OS,King Down (Fd )1847TA , cf. Kyngesfeld n.d. (1372) ChrP , King (')s Cl & King (')s Mdw 1847TA , v. cyning , dūn , feld ; within the former royal manor of Kingston Lacy supra , although the f. ns . could contain a surname , cf. Robert Kynge 1495 WimCW .