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 Horsley

Historical Forms

  • Downing 1777 M

Etymology

, Downing 1777 M , ' lower end ' , v. dūne , ende , cf. Nupend (supra ) .