Etymology

Marbury

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Today it means: A village in Marbury and District parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, previously in Marbury cum Quoisley parish (OS grid ref SJ560457). Full definition →

Old English mere
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frommere“pool, lake”
  2. English todayMarbury

From Old English mere (“pool, lake”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishmere all →

mereMarlowWindermereMeirmearsMayberryMarland

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.