Släkthistoria för Limbrey
Limbrey Vad efternamn betyder
from Limbury (Beds) which is recorded as Lygeanburg in 571 (in a copy of about 899). The place takes its name from the river Lea (recorded in the oblique case as Lygean in the 9th century) + Old English burg ‘fortress’. from Lymbury in Cliston (Devon). The place-name recorded as Limberi in 1201 is probably from Old English lind ‘limetree’ + burh ‘stronghold fortified place’. Compare Limebear.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
