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.

Borrowby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Leake

Historical Forms

Ber(g)(h)ebi, Ber(g)(h)eby 1086 DB 1333 Riev

Etymology

With the same run of forms and interpretation as Borrowby (LangE) 136supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement