English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Great Englebourne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harberton

Historical Forms

  • Engleborna 1086 DB
  • Engleburne 1250 Misc
  • Engleborne 1274 Ipm
  • Engeleburne 1242 Fees786 1274 Ipm
  • Northengleburne juxta Suthengleburne 1317 Ass
  • Northengleborne juxta Hurberton 1321 Ass
  • Yngelbourne 1428 FA

Etymology

This name may mean 'bourne or stream of the English,' possibly because at one time it formed the boundary between the British and the invading Anglo-Saxons.