English Explanatory Dictionary

Astbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Astbury Astburys Asbury

Etymology

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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