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.

Banbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

Barnebur 1238 Ass

Westbernebir' 1249 Ass

Bornebury 1372 FF

Bornebyry 1394 Ass

Westbornebury, Estbornebury 1386 Ass

West Bonbury 1758 Deed

Etymology

'Beorna 's burh.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Broadwoodwidger