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.

Sulber

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Solber(h)c 1190 Furn
  • Solbergh 1220 ib
  • Solberhe 1401 ib
  • Sulbergh 1379 PT

Etymology

Sulber, Solber (h )c 1190 Furn, Solbergh 1220 ib, Solberhe 1401 ib, Sulbergh 1379 PT (p). 'Sunny hill', v. sól 2 , beorg , a common p.n. in Scandinavia.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement