Ashbury

== English == === Etymology === The first element comes from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”), while the second element could be either from beorg (“mountain, hill”) or byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæʃbɛɹi/, /ˈæʃbəɹi/ === Proper noun === Ashbury (countable and uncountable, plural Ashburys) (uncountable) A placename: A small village in Northlew parish, West Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5097). A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, on the boundary of Berkshire and Wiltshire, and historically in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU2685). A suburb of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. A suburb of Bloemfontein, Free State province, South Africa. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia; a portmanteau of Ashfield and Canterbury. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ashbury is the 137532nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 166 individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ashbury”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62. Forebears