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.

Mambury

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Putford

Historical Forms

  • Mambiri 1330 SR
  • Manbery 1504–15 ECP4,371

Etymology

v. burh . The first element may be the Celtic maen , 'stone,' as in Membury infra 644 or possibly the element noted under Mamhead infra 501.

Places in the same Parish