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.

Conyboro

Other OS name in the Parish of Barcombe

Historical Forms

  • lands called the Coney Burrows 1547 SxNQ
  • Coneyborough 1677 SAC24,88

Etymology

is lands called the Coney Burrows (1547 SxNQ 2, 146),Coneyborough (1677 SAC 24, 88) . Probably ' rabbit hill . '