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.

Norbury Camp

Other OS name in the Parish of Colesborne

Historical Forms

  • Norberry 1839 TA

Etymology

, Norberry 1839TA , ' north encampment ' , v. norð , burh ( here an ancient embanked enclosure ) , cf. Southbury(infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement