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.

Veraby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bishop's Nympton

Historical Forms

  • Farebi 1238 Ass
  • Faireby 1249 Ass
  • La Fayrebie 1285 FA
  • Veriby or Fairby 1762 Recov

Etymology

'Fair (river) bend,' cf. Huccaby, Grammerby supra 194, 221.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement