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Survey of English Place-Names

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Elbury Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Fontmell Magna

Historical Forms

  • Ellbury 1701 Glyn

Etymology

, Ellbury 1701Glyn , on the par . bdy by Elbury Hill in Compton A . par . supra ; the first part of this name is just possibly to be associated with þurh þo aelres ' through thealders ' on the Anglo - Saxon bdy of Fontmell M . ( 932 (15)ShaftR (S 419) ) , v. alor , elre ' an alder ' .