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.

Almsbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Winchcomb

Historical Forms

  • the Amery(e) 1539 AOMB
  • Almery grange 1540 MinAcct
  • the Almerys 1543 AOMB

Etymology

, the Amery (e )1539AOMB , Almery grange 1540MinAcct , the Almerys 1543AOMB , ME  almerie ' ambry, storehouse ' ( a grange of the Abbey ) .