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.

Gore Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Everleigh

Historical Forms

  • Gore Downe 1553 DuLa
  • Gourdon Balle 1591 WMvi

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Gore Downe 1553DuLa , Gourdon Balle 1591WM vi . v. gara . For balle , v. infra 422 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement