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.

Old Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Olveston

Historical Forms

  • Oldowne 1587 FF

Etymology

, Oldowne 1587FF , v. ald , dūn ' hill ' .