Etymology

Owslebury

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5123). Full definition →

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The story

From either an Old English personal name *Osla or ōsle (“balckbird”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).

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