Cadbury Manor
Early-attested site in the Parish of Eaton Socon
Historical Forms
- Kadberia, Cadebyri Hy2 StNeot Hy3 BM 1208
- Cad(d)esbiry 1278 QW
- Cadesbury 1287 Ass
- Catbury, Catburie 1309 Pat 1377 Cl 1518 VCHiii.197
- Catebury 1314 Abbr
- Cadebury, Cadbury 1325 Ipm 1380 IpmR 1382 Cl
Etymology
This is presumably from OE Cadan-byrig , 'the burh of Cada,' a pers. name found also in Caddington infra 145 and probably of British origin; the only difficulty about this is that it leaves unexplained the three forms with a t . If we start with initial Cat -, the d forms could be explained as due to voicing before the b , but the only pers. name which would fit is the ON name Kati , and a compound of byrig with such a Scandinavian pers. name is highly improbable. It should be added that Cate 's Wood in this parish is supposed to contain a last trace of the old manorial name (cf. VCH iii. 197). The only map-record that has been noticed is Cadbury Lane (1766, J), the name of the lane which runs E. and W. to Upper Staploe