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.

Downs Barn

Other OS name in the Parish of Bibury

Historical Forms

  • la Dunne, la Northdoune 1384 Inq
  • Downs Lane 1768 EnclA

Etymology

, la Dunne , la Northdoune 1384 Inq, Downs Lane 1768EnclA , v. dūn ' hill ' .