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Survey of English Place-Names

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Welshbury Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Flaxley

Historical Forms

  • Walsebery, Walsebury c.1275 For

Etymology

Welshbury Wood 1830 M, Walsebery , Walsebury c. 1275For . Probably 'the Welsh or Welshman's fortified place', v. welisc (wælisc), burh .It refers to an ancient large rectangular encampment.

Places in the same Parish