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Alderbury

Today it means: A village and civil parish south-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1827). Full definition →

Middle English Alwarbury ← Old English Æþelware byriġ

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Old English · inherited fromÆþelware byriġ
Middle English · inherited fromAlwarbury
English todayAlderbury

Inherited from Middle English Alwarbury, Alwardbury, from Old English Æþelware byriġ, genitive singular of Æþelware burh, from Æþelwaru (a personal name) + burh (“fort”).

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