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.

Barbaryball

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stowford

Historical Forms

  • Bobrifal (sic) 1330 SR
  • Babryhille 1546 Recov
  • Babriballe 1570 Ct

Etymology

The forms are insufficient for any interpretation to be offered, beyond the suggestion that the name may contain the British bri , 'hill.' In later times there has been much confusion in the final element.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement