Ashbury

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. A small village in Northlew parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5097).
3. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, on the boundary of Berkshire and Wiltshire, and historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2685).
4. A suburb of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.
5. A suburb of Bloemfontein, Free State province, South Africa.
6. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia; a portmanteau of Ashfield and Canterbury.
7. A habitational surname from Old English.

Etymology

The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).