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ABNEY
SOURCE: Location
USAGE: English
Meaning & History
Originally the name was D'Aubigne and is found as the name of towns in four locations in France. Nigel d'Aubigne fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and was granted numerous estates in England for his loyalty to William the Conqueror. William Albigney and Philip Daubigny were signers of the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215.
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