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Survey of English Place-Names

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Down Ho, Down Ho Farm & Down Ho Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Historical Forms

  • the Down 1863 Hutch3
  • Down 1811 OS
  • Down Farm House 1839 TA

Etymology

( the Down 1863 Hutch3, Down 1811 OS ) ( Down Farm House 1839TA ) , cf. Great Down ,Down Acre , Down House Md 1839ib , named from Eype Down infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement