Downton is a civil parish in Herefordshire, located in the north of the county and containing the village of Downton-on-the-Rock.

It is part of the Leintwardine group of parishes and shares a parish council with Leintwardine and Burrington.

[1] In the Domesday Book Downton is referred to as "Duntune", meaning "hill settlement".

[2] At Downton Gorge the River Teme cuts through a limestone ridge; above the gorge is Downton Castle, an 18th-century country house with a tower built to resemble a castle.

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