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.

Cadbury Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chulmleigh

Historical Forms

  • Cadebire 1238 FF 1242 Fees783
  • Caddebir 1238 Ass
  • Cadebury Copenere 1303 FA

Etymology

'Cada 's burh.'A Robert le Copener was one of the jurors of Witheridge Hundred in 1242 (Fees).