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.

Littlebury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemingford Abbots and Grey

Historical Forms

  • Littlebire, Litlebyri 1209 For 1327 SR
  • Lytle Biryhill 13th ADiii

Etymology

The name is self-explanatory except that we have no means of knowing just what the bury here may be. v. burh .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement