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.

West Melbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Melbury Abbas

Historical Forms

  • Westmel(e)bir' 1288 Ass
  • West(e)melbury 1564 Glyn
  • Westretun' 15 ShaftR

Etymology

, 1664 HTax , Westmel (e )bir '1288Ass , West (e )melbury 1564Glyn , Westretun 'n.d. (15) ShaftR , v. west , westerra ' more westerly ' , tūn , cf. East Melbury supra .