Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Muleborn, Muleburn 1261 FF 1264 Ipm 1303 FA

• Mul(l)ebourne Ed2 HarlCh

• Mul(l)ebourne iuxte Middelton 1340 ib

• Mulborn(e) 1346 FA 1356 Ipm

• Muleburn Deverel(l) 1316 FA

• — als. Mil(e)borne Cary 1478 Cl, FF

• — als. Mileborne Cray 1478 HarlCh

• Mylborne Deuerell' als. dict' Mylborne Carye 1512 Pars

• Milborn-Deverel or Cary 1774 Hutch1

• Deverill Farm 1839 TA

• de Deverel(l) m13 Vaux c.1447 FF 1261 HarlCh Ed2

• de Deverel(l) 1261 FF

• de Cary 1340 HarlCh 1346 FA

• Meleburne 1086 DB(f.83a)

Etymology

Originally a manor, probably comprising the N half of the present par., v. prec., RCHM 3 175, 179, cf. Milton Abbas par. infra . It was held by the family of (de ) Deverel (l ) (from Deverill W) from m13 (Elias de Deverel (l )m13 (c. 1447) Vaux , 1261 FF, Ed 2HarlCh , etc., John de Deverel (l )1261 FF) and by Thomas de Cary in 1340HarlCh , 1346 FA. Eyton 115–6 identifies Meleburne 1086 DB (f. 83a) with this manor, but this form is taken by VCHDo 3 102, 134 to refer to Milborne Stileham par. supra .