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.

West Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Avebury

Historical Forms

  • le Westerdownes 1639 Recov

Etymology

is le Westerdownes 1639Recov .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement