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.

Vembury

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Venbury 1330 SR
  • Fenbury 1333 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Venbury 1330SR , Fenbury 1333SR (p) . v. fenn , burh . The place lies low near a stream .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement