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.

Honeydown Ridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Orcheston St George

Historical Forms

  • Honydowne 14th Bradenstoke
  • Honnie downe balle 1591 WMvi

Etymology

is Honydowne 14thBradenstoke , Honnie downe balle 1591 WM vi . For balle , v. infra 422 . honey perhaps from the bees that swarmed there .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name