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Hr Down Barn, Old Down Barn

Other OS name in the Parish of Poxwell

Etymology

, cf. le Hyedoun 1452Weld 1 , pastur ' apud Heydoun 1462ib , The Down or Furze Grd , Barn Pce 1840TA , v. hēah ' high ' or hēg ( WSax  (e)g ) ' hay ' , dūn .