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.

Yedbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cruwys Morchard

Historical Forms

  • Addeberia 1086 DB
  • Addebir' 1242 Fees762
  • Yeadburi 1334 SR
  • Yadebury 1389 IpmR
  • Yedbury 1428 FA
  • Yaddebir' 1275 RH
  • Yhaddeburi 1305 Ipm

Etymology

'Eadda 's burh.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement