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.

Great and Little Nobury

Early-attested site in the Parish of Inkberrow

Historical Forms

  • Neubyri, Neubire 1255,1275 Ass 1276 RH
  • Nubure, Nubery 1280 For 1439 StratGild
  • Neubery 1355 Ipm
  • Newbury 1383 Ct 1715 Map
  • Newberye juxta Intebarowe 1415 IpmR
  • Nobere, Nobury 1558 Wills 1817 Map

Etymology

'The new burh,' cf. Nobold (Sa) = Newbold.