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.

Vembury Diary

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Venbury 1330 SR
  • Fenbury 1333 SR
  • Vembury 1811 OS

Etymology

Vembury Diary (ST 367013), Venbury 1330SR , Fenbury 1333SR (p), Vembury 1811 OS, from fenn 'fen, marsh' with dialect voicing of f - to v -, second el. probably bury 'manor-house'. The place lies close to Blackwater River.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement