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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cherbury Camp

Early-attested site in the Parish of Charney Basset

Historical Forms

  • cerenburhg c.1200 ClaudiusCix
  • Cherbury Camp 1761 Rocque

Etymology

Cherbury Camp, cerenburhg n.d. (c. 1200) ClaudiusCix , Cherbury Camp 1761 Rocque. Cf. Charleburye dytche 1591DL , with the common substitution of -l - for -n -. 'Camp by the stream named Cern ', v. supra . The second el. is burh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement