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 Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Compton Abdale

Historical Forms

  • Compton Downs 1811 Auct
  • the Downs 1842 TA

Etymology

. , Compton Downs 1811 Auct 5, the Downs 1842TA , v. dūn ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement