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.

Libbery

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grafton Flyford

Historical Forms

  • Hleobyri 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Leobury 1327 SR 1337 WoCh
  • Lebbery 1506 StratGild
  • Liberyfeld in Grafton Flyford 1550 Pat
  • Leoberie 1591 Wills

Etymology

'Protecting earth-work' or the like, a compound of OE  hleo and burh.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement