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.

Bury Court and Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Redmarley D'Abitot

Historical Forms

  • Buristude 1275 SR
  • Bery House & Mill 1521 LP
  • Bury Mill 1545 LP

Etymology

All these names contain 'bury' used in the manorial sense (v. burh ), and Buristude must refer to the site of the manorial house (v. stede ). This may also lie behind Berr Ends (6″), half a mile to the east, on the Pendock boundary.