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.

Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Spettisbury

Etymology

( St John the Baptist ) , cf . 'the church of Spettebury '1338 Pat , ecclesiam de Speytisbury 1540 Hutch3 , Churchacr 1460DCMDeed , v. cirice , æcer .