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.

Repton Shrubs

Other OS name in the Parish of Repton

Historical Forms

  • le Scrub 1200–18,c.1260 DbAnsvi
  • Schrybbe 1415 Cl
  • bosci vocati le Shrubbe 1539 Rental

Etymology

, le Scrub 1200–18,c. 1260 DbAns vi, Schrybbe 1415 Cl, bosci vocati le Shrubbe 1539Rental , ' brushwood ' , v. scrubb .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement