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.

Downend

Other OS name in the Parish of Forthampton

Etymology

, 1779 Rudder , Downing 1824 ' lower end ' , v. dūne , ende , cf. Phonol. § 14 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement