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.

Westbury (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shenley

Historical Forms

  • Westberie 1284 FA
  • le Westbury 1284 Ipm

Etymology

'West,' probably in relation to the settlement of Shenley itself, and if so, pointing to Brook End as the older settlement.v. burh .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site