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Tutbury

Tutbury proper noun: a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2128).

Proper noun

Tutbury

  1. A village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2128).

Origin of Tutbury

The second element is from Old English byriġ, dative case of burh (“fort”). The first element comes either from the personal name Tutta, or else from the personal name *Stūt, genitive singular *Stūtes, in which case the initial s- was lost, as similarly happened in the case of Nottingham. However, forms with initial s- are not attested until after the Old English period.

Questions about Tutbury

What does Tutbury mean?
Tutbury means a village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK2128).
What part of speech is Tutbury?
Tutbury is a proper noun.

Words near Tutbury in the dictionary

  1. tutay
  2. tutayed
  3. tutaying
  4. tutays
  5. tutball
  6. Tutbury
  7. Tutchone
  8. tute
  9. tutee
  10. tutees
  11. tutela

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