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.

Oldbury Sands & Oldbury Warth

Other OS name in the Parish of Oldbury upon Severn

Historical Forms

  • Oldbury sand 1830 M
  • Warth juxta murum marinum 1497 AOMB
  • Oldbury Wharf 1777 M

Etymology

( Oldbury sand 1830 M ) ( Warth juxta murum marinum 1497AOMB , Oldbury Wharf 1777 M ) , v. sand , waroð ' shore ' .