Modbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Modbury
Historical Forms
- Motberia, Motbilia 1086 DB
- Modberi(a) 1174–83 BM 1181 P
- Modbury 1238 Ass
- Modberegh 1276 Cl
- Modbyry 1278 Misc 1291 Tax
- Mychel Modbury 1480–3 ECP2,309
- Modeberyburgh 1368 FF
- Motberia 1185 P
- Motbur' 1281 Ass
- Motbury 1333 Ipm
Etymology
This is probably a compound of OE gemōt , 'meeting-place' (v. Mutley supra 235), and burh . Cf. on ðæne gemot beorh BCS 392. Possibly it was at an early date the hundred meeting-place.