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Survey of English Place-Names

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Limbery Chapel

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Wingfield

Historical Forms

  • capella de Limberge 1225–42,1248–61,1318 Darley

Etymology

Limbery Chapel (lost), capella de Limberge 1225–42, 1248–61, 1318 Darley. 'Lime hill', v. līm , beorg . Cf. Cox i (i, 445–6).