Napsbury
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Peters
Historical Forms
- Absa 1086 DB
- Apsa 1077–93 Gesta 14th
- Apse 1236 Pat 1248 Ass
- Aspa 1428 FA
- Napsebury 1396–1401 Gesta
- Nappesbury t.Hy4 Stowe
- Apsa al. Apsabury 1540 LP
- Aspehide 1436 Cassio
- Appeshyde 1512 Ct
Etymology
'At the aspen tree,' v. æspe and Appspond supra 90. For the later bury , v. infra 245. For the initial n , v. æt and cf. Nasty infra 134. See also hid infra 245.