English Explanatory Dictionary

Ellesborough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306).

Word forms

Ellesborough

Etymology

Recorded as Esenberge in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English esol (“ass, donkey”) + beorg (“hill”), denoting a place where asses were pastured.

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