English Explanatory Dictionary

Alderbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish south-east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1827).

Word forms

Alderbury

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Alwarbury, Alwardbury, from Old English Æþelware byriġ, genitive singular of Æþelware burh, from Æþelwaru (a personal name) + burh (“fort”).

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