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.

Spelsbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Spelsbury

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Speoles byrig early11th BCS1320
  • Spelesberie 1086 DB 1428 FA
  • Spelusbury 1375 Dean
  • Spellisbury 1487 AD
  • Speleberi 1220 Fees
  • Spelebure 1285 Ass
  • Spelsberi 1230 Eynsh
  • Spillebire 1285 Ass
  • Spillesbury 1343 Ch
  • Spillesbure 1358 Cl
  • Spillisburye 1478 Dean

Etymology

'*Spēol 's burh.' Cf. PN Wo 61.