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 Down

Other OS name in the Parish of West Ilsley

Etymology

, 1828EnclA , possibly byrig , the name is marked on the 6 ″ map on either side of a narrow ridge , the tip of which may have been defended by earthworks .