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.

Berwick Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Berwick St James

Historical Forms

  • Cowe Downe 1591 WMvi

Etymology

is probably the Cowe Downe of 1591 WM vi , v. infra 430 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement