Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• apud Estbury 1391 Rawl

• Gunvil-Eastbury 1511 Hutch1

• Gounvyle Estbury 1547 Ct

• Gunvile Estbury 1558 PlR

• Estbury 1569 Hutch3

• Eastbury 1619 CH

• Eastbury or Gunvil-Eastbury 1774 Hutch1

• East Bury Park 1811 OS

• Eastbury Ho, Eastbury Plot & Eastbury Wd, Eastbury Front & Eastbury Gt Park 1839 TA

Etymology

Eastbury Dairy, Eastbury Ho (ST 933127) & Eastbury Park, Richard apud Estbury 1391Rawl , Gunvil -Eastbury 1511 Hutch1, Gounvyle Estbury 1547Ct , Gunvile Estbury 1558PlR , Estbury 1569 Hutch3, Eastbury 1619CH , Eastbury or Gunvil -Eastbury 1774 Hutch1, East Bury Park 1811 OS, Eastbury Ho , Eastbury Plot & Eastbury Wd , Eastbury Front & Eastbury Gt Park 1839TA , no doubt ME  bury (from dat.sg. byrig of OE  burh) in the sense 'manor house, centre of an estate', 'east' to distinguish it from Westbury Fm infra , v. ēast . For the affix Gunvil , cf. par. name supra ; on the park here, enclosed in the 18th cent, and originally five miles round, v. Hutch1 2165.