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.

Underborough

Other OS name in the Parish of Northam

Historical Forms

  • Underburgh 1330 SR 1549 Pat

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Underburgh 1330SR (p), 1549Pat . ' Under the hill ' which rises to the south , v. beorg .