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.

Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Longney

Historical Forms

  • Downes 1575 TRMB

Etymology

, Downes 1575TRMB , from the surname Downe (s ) .