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.

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Other OS name in the Parish of Worth Matravers

Historical Forms

  • Nicholesdon 1306 ChrP 1372
  • Old Nicholas Down, New Nicholas Down 1840 TA

Etymology

( local , SY 981771 ) , Nicholesdon 1306 (1372) ChrP ,Old Nicholas Down , New Nicholas Down 1840TA , perhaps ' the hill of St Nicholas ' , to whom the church is dedicated , v. St Nicholas's Church infra , dūn , but a pers. n. or surname Nichol is a possible alternative for the first el . ; Nic ( h ) ol was the usual vernacular form of Lat  Nicolaus .