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Full record: Glastonbury

County Somersetshire
Transcript
Icon description spired church with cross
Icons
  • church with cross
Description entirely faded
Appearances
  • faded
Etymology OE Glæstingas, 'people of Glastonia', from Old Celtic glasto-, 'woad' + OE burg, 'fort'
Translation
Earlier editors gl… (Parsons)
Early Maps Glasto(n)beri (Angliae Figura); Glastenbury (Totius Britanniae; two buildings, spired church)
Overwritten
Attested spelling Glestingeberia 1086 DB