Oldbury upon Severn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oldbury upon Severn
Historical Forms
- Aldeburhe 1185 Templar
- Aldeberi 1208 Cur
- Aldebir' 1221 Eyre 1227,1232 FF
- Aldebury 1325 FF
- Oldebur' 1287 Ass 1297 Episc c.1363 Works
- Oldeburi, Oldebury 1297 FF 1301 1533 MinAcct
- Oldeboure 1306 Ass
- Audebyre 1301 BM
- Oldbury in Marisco 1337 SR 1497 AOMB 1505 Pat
- Oldbury on Sev'n 1662 Will
- Wolbery 1556 Will
Etymology
'The old fortification', v. ald , burh . The name probably refers to an ancient circular encampment just north of the village, rather than to a Roman encampment a mile to the south. The two encampments are on hillocks which rise out of the marshland along the Severn (whence Marisco 'in the marsh').
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Battle Elm
- Beggarsbush Lane
- Broadmoor Common
- Camp Fm
- Chapel Ho
- Churngate Fm, Churnmead Fm
- Cloudsmoor Rocks
- Count Lake
- Cowcroft Lane
- Curtey Weir
- Draple Common
- Foss Lane
- Great Leaze Fm
- Ham Lane
- Harestreet Lane
- High Heron Rock
- Jobsgreen Fm
- Knight's Fm
- Lowgoods Fm
- Newlands Gout
- North Ham
- Oldbury Lake
- Oldbury Naite
- Oldbury Pill
- Oldbury Sands & Oldbury Warth
- Pickedmoor Lane
- Pillhead Gout
- Pilsale Long Warth
- Pool Brook
- Priest's Gout
- Pullen's Green
- Rook Fm
- St Arild's Church
- Salmon Pool
- Stoneyard Lane
- The Toot
- Vine Fm
- West End
- West Ham
- Westmarsh Lane
- Whinstone Pool & Whinstone Rocks
- Worthy Fm