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.

Forbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Kintbury

Etymology

, 1841TA , also Forberry ; this is a large house more than a mile S . of Kintbury . If the name is ancient it may be from fore and beorg , meaning ' jutting-out part of the hill ' . The house is on the brow of a hill overlooking a small stream .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement