English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hembury Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • vetus castellum quod dicitur Hembire 13th Buckfast

Etymology

is vetus castellum quod dicitur Hembire 13th Buckfast . Probably OE  (æt þǣre ) hēan byrig , ' at the high burh . ' There is an ancient camp here .