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.

Great Berry & Little Berry

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • la Bury, Bury 1282 For 1830 M

Etymology

, la Bury ,Bury 1282For , 1830 M , ostensibly from burh ' fortified place ' , but no traces of earthworks occur on this hill .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement