Ellesborough

English

Etymology

Recorded as Esenberge in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English esol (“ass, donkey”) + beorg (“hill”), denoting a place where asses were pastured.

Proper noun

Ellesborough

  1. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8306).

References

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