Watership Down
Watership Down, Ecchinswell and Sydmontonparish:
county:
coords:
Ecchinswell and Sydmonton
Hampshire
SU4957
otherwise: Watershipe, 1432
WATERSHIP DOWN, part of chalk scarp in Sydmonton
Old English 'waeterscipe'='conduit, artificial watercourse'. The Down takes its name from the farm of the same name, on the other side of the natural depression containing the village of Sydmonton. There is evidence of ponding on the east edge of the park.
