Tenbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tenbury
Historical Forms
- Temedebyrig 11th Heming
- Tame(t)deberie 1086 DB
- Tametbire c.1086 EveB 1190 Fees140 1212
- Themettesbure c.1236 Fees610
- Themedbire 1239 FF
- Themedebiri 1273 Wigorn
- Temedbury 1275,1327 SR
- Themedbury 1281 Heref
- Temedebury 1287,1308 Ipm 1332 SR
- Themedebure 1291 Tax
- Themodebury 1430 Pat
- Tenbury al. Temodesbury 1465 Pat
- Ten(d)bury 1535 VE
- Tembury 1543 LP
- Tenbury 17th FF
Etymology
'The burh by the Teme,' v. Teme, R. supra 15. The burh may be the mound known as Castle Tump which, though on the Shropshire side of the river, is included in the bounds of Tenbury. Here formerly stood Tenbury Castle (VCH iv. 426).