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.

Bury Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Houghton Conquest

Historical Forms

  • Houghton Conquest al. Conquest Bury 1549 Pat

Etymology

This takes its name from the bury or manor (v. burh ) of the Conquest family.

Places in the same Parish