Etymology

Shaftesbury

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623). Full definition →

Old English Sċeaftesburg
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromSċeaftesburg
  2. English todayShaftesbury

From Old English Sċeaftesburg.

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