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.

The Bury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chesham

Historical Forms

Cheshambury maner 1417 IpmR

Chesham Bury 1485 Ipm

Etymology

The manorial use of burh.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Chesham