Släkthistoria för Wedgbury
Wedgbury Vad efternamn betyder
from a local pronunciation of the name of Wednesbury (Staffs). Some later surname forms restore the official standard spelling of the place-name. The place-name is recorded as Wodnesberi in the 12th century and Weddsborrow in 1695 and derives from Old English Wōden (genitive Wōd(e)nes) the name of a heathen Germanic god + burg ‘fortress’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
