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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rimbrow Coppice

Early-attested site in the Parish of Preston

Historical Forms

  • Rembary, terre bynorthe Remb'y 1451 Ct
  • Rymbury(furlong) 1461 Rent

Etymology

Rimbrow Coppice (SY 696837), Rembary , terre bynorthe Remb 'y 1451Ct , Rymbury (furlong )1461Rent , possibly from rima , rioma , reoma 'rim, border', perhaps in allusion to the rampart of Chalbury Camp supra which lies immediately NW, with beorg 'hill, barrow'; bynorthe is 'to the north of', v. , norðan .