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.

Turbutsey Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ely Trinity

Historical Forms

  • Tidbrithseseye, Tidbrithti insula 974 LibEl 12th
  • Tidbritheseya c.1120 ElyM
  • Tidbriteseia 1144 ElyD
  • Tydbryttesheya 1293 Sacr
  • Tidbrithteseia c.1120 LibEl
  • Tithbrichteseia c.1120 HarlCh
  • Tidbricheseia c.1120 ElyM c.1150 LibEl
  • Tithbricheseia c.1130 ElyD
  • Tythbertseya 1279 ElyF
  • Tybricteseya 1139 ElyM
  • Tybricheseie 1139 ElyD
  • Tibertseia 1279 ElyF
  • Titbridseye 1342 Sacr
  • Tirbutsey 1417 Ely
  • Tyrbytseye 1315 ElyF
  • Turbutsey 1417 Ely 1418 Pat
  • Tibirsey 1418 ib
  • Tirbysey 1450 Ct
  • Tyrbursey 1453 ib
  • Turbetsey 1561–71 ib
  • Turbesey lake, Turbysey 1611 AddCh
  • Tarbetsey 1684 Moore

Etymology

'Tīdbeorht 's island,' v. ēg . Turbutsey Fm was destroyed to make room for the Ely Beet Sugar Factory in 1925 (CHuAS v, 383).

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