English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Albury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Albury

Historical Forms

  • Eldeberie 1086 DB
  • Audebiria 1210–12 RBE
  • Audebury 1291 Ch
  • Aldeburia 1241 LiberA 1332 FF
  • Aldeburia juxta Pelham 1387 FF
  • Alberye 1545 SR
  • Aldebury al. Albury 1552 Recov

Etymology

'The old burh,' the name being identical in origin with Aldbury supra 26. There are no remains of any kind here now.