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.

Bury Mount

Early-attested site in the Parish of Towcester

Etymology

Bury Mount (6″) or Berrymount -Hill (Morton 508–9) is surrounded with a trench filled with water from the rill that en- closes the town on the north. Its date is a matter of dispute.

Places in the same Parish