Alconbury
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Alconbury means 'Aelfwine's settlement'. It combines the Old English personal name Aelfwine with 'tun' meaning settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Alcon
- Old Englishpersonal name(from Ælfwine "elf-friend")
- bury
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
Historical forms
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