Variant of English Al(l)brighton, a habitational name from
either of two places in Shropshire called Albrighton. The place near
Shifnal (Albricstone in Domesday Book) was named with the Old
English personal name Æ{dh}elbeorh + tun
‘settlement’. The one near Shrewsbury appears in Domesday Book as
Etbritone and was named in Old English as ‘Eadbeorht’s
settlement’. Albright Hussey in Shropshire is in the parish of
Albrighton (having been part of the same manor) and was also formerly
known as Albrighton; this too may be a source of the surname.
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