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121Mayberry — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name, a dialectal variant of the placename Maesbury in Shropshire. The placename is recorded as Meresberie in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as Mersburi in the 1272… …
122Maybery — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name, a dialectal variant of the placename Maesbury in Shropshire. The placename is recorded as Meresberie in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as Mersburi in the 1272… …
123Maybury — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname, a dialectal variant of the placename Maesbury, in Shropshire. The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Meresberie , and means the fortified place on the …
124Rushbury — This unusual surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from a parish and village thus called, south west of Much Wenlock in Shropshire. Recorded as Riseberie in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as Russhebur in the 1283 Charter… …
125Tilbury — Recorded as Tilbey, Tilbury, Tilberry and probably others, this is an English surname. It is locational from any of three parishes in the county of Essex. These are East and West Tilbury, recorded as Tilaburg , in Bede s Historia Ecclesiastica in …
126Tilby — Recorded as Tilby, Tilbey, Tilbury, Tilberry and probably others, this is an English surname. It is locational from any of three parishes in the county of Essex. These are East and West Tilbury, recorded as Tilaburg , in Bede s Historia… …
127fort — mid 15c., fortified place, stronghold, from M.Fr. fort, from noun use in O.Fr. of fort (adj.) strong, fortified (10c.), from L. fortis strong, mighty, firm, steadfast, from O.Latin forctus, possibly from PIE root *bheregh high, elevated, with… …
128bastion — bas•tion [[t]ˈbæs tʃən[/t]] n. 1) for a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work 2) a fortified place 3) anything seen as preserving some quality, condition, etc.: a… …
