Curbar
Major Settlement in the Parish of Curbar
Historical Forms
- Cordeburg, Cordeburgh(e) 1203 P 1323 Ass 1389 HardCh
- Cordesburwe 1285 For
- Cordborgh, Cordburg, Cordburgh(e) 1356 DbAxxii 1382 ib
- Cordbourg 1531 DbAxxiii
- Quordborough, Quordburg(h) 1346 DbAxxii 1396,1398 DbAxxiii
- Corb(o)urg, Corborowe, Corborough 1365,1368,1384 DbAxxii 1643 CPG
- Coresburgh 1423 Portland 1424 Cl
- Curburg(h) 1363 DbAxxii 1416 DbAxxiii
- Corber, Corbar 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed 1617 Kerr 1767 Burdett
Etymology
This is a difficult name, but perhaps the first element is an unrecorded OE pers.n. *Corda , which may be compared with the similarly unrecorded *Corta for which there is good p.n. evidence, cf. Corburn Lane (PN NRY 14)). 'Corda's fortified place', v. burh .The first el. may, perhaps, be associated with the obscure OE cweorð , known only as the name of a rune, with the common spelling cword - paralleled by numerous p.n. spellings of Corn - for cweorn.