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Survey of English Place-Names

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Burycourt Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of White Waltham

Etymology

Burycourt Fm, cf. Burigrofe 15th Chertsey, Buriynnyng 1497 ib, Berry Farme 17thPubLib (Clayton ), White Waltham al. Berry Manor with Berry Farm 1657 BM, Manor of Berry 17thPubLib , Berry Grove 1789 Gough's Camden (Additions). v. grāf , inning . This is the old manor-house of the estate belonging to Chertsey Abbey (VCH iii, 171), and the first el. is burh in the sense 'manor'.