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.

Trikets Bury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sharnbrook

Historical Forms

  • Trikatesburi 1202 Ass

Etymology

This name is worthy of record as an extremely early example of the use of bury (v. burh ) in the manorial sense. The Triket family held the manor of Toft from the 13th cent. onwards (VCH iii. 90).