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.

Southbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Colesborne

Historical Forms

  • Soncheberi (sic for Southeberi) 1306 Ipm

Etymology

, 1830 M , Soncheberi (sic for Southeberi )1306 Ipm , ' south barrow ' , v. sūð , beorg ( a barrow is nearby ) or ' (land) south of the encampment ' ( at Norbury supra , v. burh ) .