Howbury (Hall)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Renhold
Etymology
Elizabeth, wife of John de Horbury, held land in Renhold in 1276 (RH i. 2) and the manor is called Hobury in 1549 (Pat). It is impossible to be sure whether the name is a manorial one, the family having come from some other place of that name (the only one that has been noted is one in Yorkshire) or if Horbury is of genuine local origin and comes from horh and burh when it would mean 'dirty bury.'