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.

Jenningsbury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Amwell

Historical Forms

  • Juvenales 1303 FA
  • Juvenelesbury, Juvenaldesbury 1324 Ipm
  • Juvenalesbury 1327 Cl
  • Juvenelsbury 1345 Pat
  • Jovenaldesbury 1341 Cl
  • Gevenelisbury 1342 Ass
  • Jenaldesbury 1392 IpmR
  • Genaldesbury 1442 Cl
  • Genaldesbury al. Jenevallesbury 1531 Recov
  • Jeningesbury 1620 Sess

Etymology

This is a manorial bury , v. burh and infra 243. The family of Juvenal occurs in the neighbourhood first in 1228 (Cl) when William Juvenal held land in Brickendon and Hoddesdon.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site