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Survey of English Place-Names

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Oldbury Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Wick and Abson

Historical Forms

  • Audebiri, Audebyr' 1221,1248 Ass
  • Wekes Oldbury 1574 FF

Etymology

, Audebiri , Audebyr '1221, 1248Ass (p), Wekes Oldbury 1574FF , ' old fortified place or village ' , v. ald , burh and Wick(supra ) ; DB Alderberie might belong here but it was in Langley Hundred ; cf. also Oldbury (67supra ) .