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.

Downing, Downsend

Other OS name in the Parish of Longney

Historical Forms

  • Downe ende 1575 TRMB
  • Downings 1815 EnclA

Etymology

, Downe ende 1575TRMB , Downings 1815EnclA , v. dūn ' hill, down ' , ende , Phonol . § 14 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement