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.

The Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Castle Ruins 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Castle Ruins 1831 Bry , cf. Castle Pool 1842TA ( Doddington Pool infra ) , the site of a mansion crenellated c. 1364 and destroyed during the Civil War , cf. BPR iii469 and Orm 2 iii 519 , v. castel(l) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site