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.

Cow Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Wylye

Historical Forms

  • Cowe Downe 1570 PembSurv

Etymology

is Cowe Downe 1570 PembSurv , v. infra 430 , is so named in 1773 (A and D) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement