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.

Little Roseberry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newton

Historical Forms

  • Parvi Othensberg 12 Guis

Etymology

The two Roseberrys are large conical hills. It is chiefly of hills of this shape that topping (from OE  top, 'hill') is used.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement