Astbury

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English ēast →
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Meanings

proper nounAstbury (countable and uncountable, plural Astburys)

plural Astburys · alternative Asbury

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
  2. countableuncountableA village in Newbold Astbury parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8461).

Origin

  1. Old Englishēast“east”
  2. EnglishAstbury

Habitational surname from the village of Astbury in Cheshire, from Old English ēast (“east”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

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