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.

Lymbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broad Clyst

Historical Forms

  • Limberi 1201 FF
  • Limbire 1238 Ass
  • Limbergh 1244 Ass
  • Lymbyr' 1242 Fees777
  • Lymbury 1305 Ipm
  • Lymbyry juxta Cliston 1346 Ass

Etymology

v. burh . The first element may be lind , 'limetree.'