Soulbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Soulbury
Historical Forms
- Soleberie 1086 DB
- Sulheberi 1151–4 Fr
- Soleburn' 1155 Fr
- Sulebire 1198 Fines 1220 Fees313 1231 Gross 1241 Ass
- Sulebyr 1208 BM
- Solebur 1235 Fees460 1288 Ipm
- Solebroc 1227 Ass
- Sollebir 1235 Fees555 1274 Abbr
- Solesbur' 1242 Fees877 1337 Pat
- Solebir 1262 Ass
- Soleburie 1284 FA
- Sullesbyri 1288 Ipm
- Sulesbur' 1291 Tax 1337 Pat
- Sullesbirii 13th ADi
- Solebury 1302 FA 1315 Ch 1346 Pat
- Sulbury 1305 Pat 1512 ADvi 1535 VE Eliz ChancP 1628 Vern
- Solbury 1316 FA
- Sulbery 1393 Pat 1481 IpmR 1526 LS 1602 ADv
- Soulbury 1755 Swanbourne
Etymology
'Sula's burh.' The pers. name Sūla is not found independently in OE but it may be assumed from Sulham (Sx, Berks), Souldrop (Beds), Souldern (O) and from Sulangraf (BCS 691), sulanford , sulanbroc (BCS 1282). In origin it may be cognate with ON Súla (Lind, Personbinamn s.n.), cf. ODan Suli , a nickname related to ON sūla , 'pillar,' found in Sulby (Nth), and OE syl , 'pillar,' from the same stem. The vowel was shortened before the cons. group and this pron. is preserved locally though obscured by the present faulty spelling.