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.

Aggborough Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kidderminster

Historical Forms

  • Akberewe 1275 SR
  • Agberwe, Hagberewe 1307,1316 Ipm
  • Ackebarewe 1323 Ipm
  • Agburrow 1686 FF

Etymology

'Oak-hill,' v. ac , beorg and cf. Aggberrow in Longdon and a lost Aggborough in Madresfield supra 208, 210.