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.

Corbets Tye

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upminster

Historical Forms

  • Corbinstye 1461 Russell
  • Corbynsty 1514 FF
  • Corbyns Tay t.Hy8 StarChamber
  • Corbettes Tye 1588 Russell
  • Tey 1777 C
  • Corvyn c.1257–81 HPD
  • Corbin 14th ib

Etymology

Corbets Tye is Corbinstye 1461Russell , Corbynsty 1514FF , Corbyns Tay t. Hy 8 Star Chamber, Corbettes Tye 1588Russell , Tey 1777 C. v. teag . A manorial name deriving from the family of Henry Corvyn (c. 1257–81 HPD) and Osbert Corbin (14th ib.). For the variation between b and v , cf. Bobbingworth supra 52, and for the phonological development cf. Garnetts infra 423–4 from Gernon .