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.

Dowborn Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirk Bramwith

Historical Forms

  • Gobarn croft (sic) 1488 Ipm
  • Dow(n)born Field 1843 TA

Etymology

, Gobarn croft (sic)1488 Ipm, Dow (n )born Field 1843TA , Gobarn ( or Dowborn ) is perhaps a surname , v. croft .