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Down Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Soham

Historical Forms

  • Dune 13th Pembroke
  • Doun(e)feld(e) 1302 1343–9 MinAcct 1393 ib
  • (le) Down(e)feld(e) 1393 StJohn's 1448 Pembroke

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Dune 13thPembroke , Doun (e )feld (e )1302 ib., 1343–9MinAcct , 1393Ct ,(le ) Down (e )feld (e )1393StJohn 's , 1448Pembroke .