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.

Black Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Studland

Historical Forms

  • Blak downe c.1586 Tres

Etymology

, Blak downe c. 1586 Tres , v. blæc , dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement