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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ASBURY

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. habitational name from Astbury in Cheshire, named from Old English east ‘east’ + byrig, dative of burh ‘manor’, ‘fortified place’.
2. from either of two places, in Oxfordshire and Devon, named Ashbury, from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + byrig.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)