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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sagebury Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodderhill

Historical Forms

  • Savagebure, Savagebury 1275 SR 1350 Ch 1406 FF
  • Savegebury al. Astwood Savage 1366 VCHiii.63,n.78
  • Savegesbury 1431 FA
  • Sagebury, Sageburie 13th WoCh 1550 Pat 1561 Wills
  • Sedgebury c.1830 O

Etymology

This is the manor (v. burh ) of the Savage family who held it in the 13th cent. (VCH iii. 63). Cf. Astwood supra 281.