Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL4324). · A village in Tiddington-with-Albury parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6505). · A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0547). · A major city in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with the neighbouring state of Victoria.
From eald (“old”) + burg (“fort”). Compare other placenames, such as Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, Aldeburgh and Aldeby, and German Oldenburg.
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