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.

Harberton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Harberton

Historical Forms

  • Herburton 1158 Sarum
  • Herberton(e) 1220 FF 1362 Fine
  • Urberton 1211 RBE
  • Hurbertun' 1212 Fees98 1364 Ass
  • Hurbreton 1333 Ch
  • Hurburton 1235 HMCiv,66 1253 StNicholas
  • Hirbirton 1276 Cl
  • Harberton t.Jas1 ECP

Etymology

'Farm by the Harbourne river,' v. supra 7.