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.

Elberry

Other OS name in the Parish of Churston Ferrers

Historical Forms

  • Eleworthy 1278 Totnes

Etymology

is possibly identical with Eleworthy 1278 Totnes . ' Ella 's worþig ' or ' eldertree worþig , ' cf. Butterberry supra 232 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement