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

Other OS name in the Parish of Parkham

Historical Forms

  • Melebyre 1244 FF

Etymology

is Melebyre 1244 FF , cf. Melbury infra 130 . For the interpretation v. s. n. Meldon infra 203 .

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