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Oldbury Naite

Other OS name in the Parish of Oldbury upon Severn

Historical Forms

  • Oldbury Knight 1777 M

Etymology

, 1839TA , Oldbury Knight 1777 M , doubtless from a wrong analysis of ME  atten ait ' at the island ' ( v. ēgeð ) as atte nait .