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.

Poyntington Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Poyntington

Historical Forms

  • Pointington Down 1811 OS

Etymology

, Pointington Down 1811 OS , cf. Four Downes 1747Salkeld , Fore down 1840TA , v. fore ' (land) in front of ' , dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement