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.

Eedes Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Bury

Historical Forms

  • Edebury 1541 MinAcct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) takes its name from the family of Eeds once found in the parish . It may be referred to in Edebury (1541MinAcct ) . If so bury must be used here in the manorial sense ( v. burh ) .