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.

Oldbury Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine

Historical Forms

  • Holebure 1275 SR
  • Holbury 1316 Ipm 1327 SR 1518,1557 Wills
  • Howbury, Howbery 1550 Pat 1610 QSR

Etymology

This must be 'hollow burh,' but why so called it is impossible now to say. It lies on the spur of a hill.