Edlesborough
Major Settlement in the Parish of Edlesborough
Historical Forms
- Eddinberge 1086 DB
- Edulf(u)esberga 1175,1185 P
- Edulueberga 1178 P
- Aedulf(u)esberga 1181,1185,1189 P
- Adulfesberga 1185 P
- Eduluesburg 1197 FF(P) 1227 Ass
- Eduluesbur(i) c.1200 Wardon c.1230 Ass 1262
- Eduluesberge 1203 Fine 1227,1247 Ass
- Eduluesbir 1212 Fine
- Edolueberg(h) c.1215 WellsR 1331 Ch
- Edulveberge 1219 WellsR
- Edelesbergh 1227,1247 Ass
- Edelvesberg' 1229 Cl
- Edolvesberg(h) 1232 Fees 1241,1247,1262 Ass
- Eduluesburghe 1237–40 Fees
- Eddelesburgh 1241 Ass
- Edulsberg 1241 Ass
- Edelesbur(i) 1242 Fees876 1253,1268,1294 Pat
- Edelfesburg 1247 Ass
- Edeluesbir 1247 Ass
- Edleberg(h) 1262 Ass 1526 LS
- Edelesburg(h) 1262 Ass 1305 Pat 1348 Cl 1367 Pat
- Edlesbur' 1262 Ass
- Edullesbouruh 1270 Ipm
- Edlesberg 1281,1323 Pat
- Edulvesburwe 1284 FA
- Edelesborewe 1287 Ipm
- Edelesburwe 1291 Ch
- Edlesbeorg 13th ADiii
- Edelisberue 13th ADi
- Edolvesbur 13th ADi
- Edesbergh 1302 FA
- Edlesburgh 1316 Cl 1337 Pat 1344 Ipm
- Edesburgh 1327 Pat 1365 Pat 1369 Cl 1480 Pat
- Edysborogh 1535 VE
- Edesborough 1626 Vern
- Edgeborough 1665 HertsSess
- Edgborough 1716 Wing
Etymology
'Eadwulf's beorg.' In interpreting beorg we may note Lipscomb's statement (iii. 349) that 'the Church stands on an eminence which has the appearance of having been either an ancient barrow or perhaps a Roman summer encampment.'For Eadwulf > Edle , cf. Edlingham (Nb). Later the l was lost from the consonant-group dlsb and ds has become dg in the local pronunciation by a common development fully discussed by Zachrisson, Studier i Modern Språkvetenskap , viii. 123–34.The name Eadwulf was common before the Conquest and remained in use until the 13th cent. In place-names it occurs in Edlingham (Nb), Adlington (Ch, La), Edlaston (Db) and, in the Anglo-Scandinavian form Yadulf , in Yaddlethorpe (L).