Owslebury

English

Etymology

From either an Old English personal name *Osla or ōsle (“balckbird”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).[1]

Proper noun

Owslebury

  1. A village and civil parish in Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5123).

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
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