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Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Down Ctgs

Other OS name in the Parish of Sixpenny Handley

Historical Forms

  • litle downe iuxta Thorney Downe quondam voc' hoggen lease 1575 Glyn

Etymology

, litle downe iuxta Thorney Downe quondam voc ' hoggen lease 1575Glyn , v. lȳtel , dūn , hogg ' young sheep ' ( with analogical ME gen.pl. -ene ) , lǣs ' pasture ' , Thorney Down Fm infra .