The story
- Old English · derived fromburh“fort”
- English todayDewsbury
From the Welsh personal name Dewi, adapted into the Old English genitive case *Dewes + byriġ, the dative case of Old English burh (“fort”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburh all →
boroughMiddlesbroughburleyburrowburghbroughbirkAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghburhBurphamBurrough on the HillHemingbroughOnibury
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.