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 Spinney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Houghton Regis

Etymology

cf. Buridene 1295 FF

The spinney lies in a valley (v. denu ) which took its name from the manor of Thorn or Thombury (v. infra 129).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement