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.

Turbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Torbury 1817 M

Etymology

, Torbury 1817 M , ME turbarye ( OFr  turberie ) ' land where peat is got, a peat-bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name