Claverton Down
suburban area · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Claverton Down combines an Old English personal name or descriptive term with 'down', referring to a hilly or open area. The first element might relate to 'clover' or a personal name like 'Cleofa'.
Word origins
- Claver-
- Old Englishpossibly clover or a personal name(from clæfer "clover", Cleofa "personal name")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, settlement, farmstead")
- Down
- Old Englishopen, hilly land(from dūn "hill, down")