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 Close

Field in the Parish of Sunningwell

Historical Forms

  • 1841 TA
  • Byricroft 1264–5 Abbr
  • Oldeburylond 1436 SCD

Etymology

BuryClose(possibly connected with Byricroft 1264–5 Abbr and Oldeburylond 1436, v. byrig)