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.

Aldbury

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldbury

Historical Forms

  • Aldeberie 1086 DB
  • Aldebia 1167 P
  • Aldebirie 1203 FF
  • Aldeberi 1262 Ipm
  • Aldebury juxta Berkhamsted 1317 FF
  • Audebury 1232 Pat
  • Audebir' 1233 Ch
  • Audeburi 1262 Ipm
  • Awbury al. Awlbery 1559 FF
  • Awbrey 1710 DKRxl

Etymology

'The old burh.' No remains of such exist now. juxta Berkhamsted to distinguish it from Albury infra 169.