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.

Melbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beaworthy

Historical Forms

  • Meleberia 1086 DB
  • Melebir 1238 Ass
  • Melebery 1303 FA
  • Mellebir 1238 Ass
  • Milbury 1428 FA

Etymology

Meldon infra 203.

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