Westbury on Severn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Westbury on Severn
Historical Forms
- wið Wæst byrig 1053 ASC 11th
- Wes(t)beri(e) 1086 DB c.1125 WMP 1167 P
- Wes(t)buri(a), Wes(t)bury(e), Wes(t)bir', Wes(t)byry 1154–89 Glouc 1155 RBE c.1200 GlR 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1595 Comm
- Westbyry on Sevarne 1297 Pat
- Wezebury 1358 Ipm
- Wes(e)bury(e) 1438,1458 Pat 1592 Dep
- Weysbury(e), Weisbury(e) 1560 Will 1600 FF
Etymology
'Western fortification', v. west , burh ; it is west of Gloucester and the Severn on the Roman road to Wales. Cf. Westbury on Trym (141supra ). The identification of the ASC form with this place is not certain, but seems probable as in the context Welshmen slew many English there.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Whitehouse
- Whitlow Lane
- Wilmore
- Wincoll's Fm
- Wintles Hill
- Baglaw
- Barn Wood
- Base Court
- Birchen Grove
- Bitterlands
- Blakemoor Hall
- Blaisdon Bridge Ho
- Blue Boys Fm
- Boughton
- Boxbush
- Brokencross Fm
- Brook Fm
- Broughtons (Wood)
- Burghill
- Bury Court
- Bush Crib
- Chapelmere
- Constance Fm
- Copland Wood
- Cotshill
- Cowle's Fm
- Cowley's Elm
- Dean Grove
- Dove Ho
- Dumball
- Elton Hay
- Elton Marsh
- The Flat
- Framilode Passage
- Frowen's Fm
- Gamage Court
- Garden Cliff
- Gatwick
- Grange Court
- Gravel Fm
- Green Fm
- Grove Fm
- Hampney
- Hartlands Hill
- Hayden
- The Heald
- Hillside Fm
- Horseman's Bridge
- Hunt Hill
- Knavingcots
- Lake Fm
- Ley Court, Ley Fold & Ley Park
- Longcroft
- Morwent's Fm
- Moys Hill
- Ninnage Lodge
- The Noards
- Peglars
- Perrywell Wood
- Pitch House Hay
- Poultons Hill
- Pound Fm
- Reddings
- Rock Fm
- St Mary's Church
- Stanley
- Strand
- Taylors
- Unla Water
- Westbury Court