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.

Glory (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penn

Etymology

This probably derives its name from the Glory family, lords of Glory manor in Wooburn (v. Gloryhill supra ), who held the tenth part of a knight's fee in Penn in the 13th cent. (VCH ).

Places in the same Parish