Oldbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oldbury
Historical Forms
- Aldburia 12th Monast
- Aldabury 1242 Pat 1398
- Aldeborowe 1235 Cl
- Aldebury 1262 Ass
- Oldebury 1278 Ipm
- Oldbure 1284 Deed
- Ouldburie 1609 FF
Etymology
'Old burh.' “A place of great antiquitie, as may appear by that quadrangular Fort, whence at first it has this name” (Dugdale 778). It is close to Mancetter. See further VCH i, 387.
Places in the same Parish
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