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.

Upper Denby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Overdeneby 1261 YDiv
  • Over Denbe 1564 WillY
  • Over Denby(e) 1573 SheffCh 1588 FF 1633 PRThl
  • High Denby 1822 Langd

Etymology

v. uferra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name