Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Curbichley c.1200 Orm1 17

• Curbicheleg(h) c.1200 17 Eyre 1381

• Curbychelegh' 1345 ib

• Kurbychley 1427 ChRR

• Surbrechelegya e13 Fitt

• Curbrecheleg' c.1280 Fitt (p), Orm2

• Curbrugg' 1288 Court

• Corbishley 1831 Bry

• Carbishley Brook 1831 Bry

• Bentley Brook 1831 ib

Etymology

'Cur-bitch clearing', v. curre , bicce , lēah . The spellings -breche -, -brugg ' indicate confusion of -brich - (with intrusive -r -) with brēc , bryce or brycg . Sur - may be due to Anglo-Norman influence (ANInfl 39), but cf. Bowdon 330infra . In the early references the place is part of Wilmslow and Fulshaw, cf. Oak Fm 232infra , a seat of the Corbishley family (Earw ii138). Carbishley Brook 1831 Bry is the same as Bentley Brook 1831 ib, 'brook at a grassy clearing', v. beonet , lēah . It joins Pedley Brook 32supra .