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.

The Buries

Other OS name in the Parish of Repton

Historical Forms

  • le Castelbury 1298 Kerryxix

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , perhaps le Castelbury 1298Kerry xix , a tautological compound of castel(l) and burh . Cf. Castleway Lane supra 513 . This is a rectangular earthwork of unknown date and origin .