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.

Rawston Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarrant Rawston

Historical Forms

  • Rushton (sic) Down 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1838ib , Rushton (sic)Down 1811 OS , cf. Down Wd 1811 ib , showing confusion with the adjacent par . of Tarrant Rushton , cf. foll.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement