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.

Came Dairy, Came Down, Came Fm, Came Ho, Came Lodge, Came Park, Came Withy Bed, Came Wd

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne Came

Etymology

( 1811 OS , cf. montes voc 'le Downes , le Downe (ende )1581DCMSurv , Lr Down 1843TA , v. dūn ) ( Hr Came 1811 OS ) ( cf. Lodge Plain 1843TA ) ( cf. Horse Parks 1843ib ) , all named from Winterborne Came supra , cf. Middle Came 1811OS ; both Middle Came and Higher Came are mentioned as hamlets in 1939 Kelly .