Etymology

Oswestry

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2929). Full definition →

Old English trēow
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  1. Old English · derived fromtrēow
  2. English todayOswestry

Recorded as Oswaldestroe in 1191, a tree of a man called Oswald; from Old English trēow.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishtrēow all →

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