Alderbury
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alderbury
Historical Forms
- (to) Æþelware byrig 972 BCS1286 14th
- Ædeluuaraburh 976 Hist.Monast.deAbingdon 12th
- Athelwarabyrig 10th Swithin
- Alwaresberie 1086 DB
- Alwarberie ib.
- Alwarbiri 1109–20 StOsmund
- Alwarberia 1158 HMCVari
- Alwarbyr' 1249 Ass
- Alwarburi 1257 Ipm
- Alwarbury 1394 Ass
- Alewarbir' 1198 Fees
- Alwardberia 1139 SarumCh
- Alwardberi 1179 P
- Alwardbury, Alwardburi 1291 Tax 1535 VE
- Alwardeberie 1190 StOsmund
- Alwardebir' 1212 Cur
- Alwardebyr' 1255 RH 1256 FF
- Alwardeburi, Alwardebury 1257 Ipm 1316,1324 FA 1356 Pat
- Alwardesburi 1288 Ipm
- Ailwardesberie 1195 P
- Aylwardebur' 1250 Fees
- Aylwardesbyr' 1279 Ass
- Alwaldesbir' 1196 P
- Aldwardbiria 1211 RBE
- Aldwardbury 1356 FF
- Aldwarbur' 1249 Ass
- Aldwarbury 1316 Pat
- Alrebury 1341 Ch
- Alwarbury al. Alderbury 1649 Recov
Etymology
'burhbelonging to a woman named Æþelwaru .' The development of forms with d may have been helped by the fact that Alward held five hides here in DB (Jones 56). Alward House (6″) is presumably an antiquarian reminder of this.