Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Winburne 1086 DB(2×,ff.84,85)

• Up Wimburn, Up Wymburne 1154–89 Pat 1496

• Vpwymborne c.1183 Cecil 14

• Upwymburn(e), Upwimburn(e) 1213 ClR 1231 Pat 1232 Cl

• Hupwimburn(e) 1263–70 Ipm 1281 Queens 1372 ChrP

• Uppewimburn(e) 15 Queens 1455 Cl

• Uppewimborn(e) 1268 Ass

• Uppewimbourn(e) 1327 Cl

• Upwinburn(e) 1180 P 1199 Cur 1207 PatR 1212 Fees 1262 Cl

• Opwinburne, Upwinborne 1212 Fees

• Up Vinborne 1263–70 Ipm

• Upwynborne 1359 Cl

• Upwynburn(e) 1442 Pat 1530 Cecil

• Uppingburn' 1187–1194 P 1230 Cl

• Winterborn' Malemains (sic, for Winborn') 1242–3 Fees

• Vpwynburn' Malemeins 1280 Ass

• Opwymborn' Malemeyns 1288 ib

• Vpwymburne Malemayns 1296 FF

• Upwymbo(u)rn(e) Malemeyns,Upwymburn Malemeyns 1301 Ipm 1303 FA 1346 FA 1431 FA

• Up Wymborn Malemayns 1303 ib

• Uppe Wynbourne Malmayns 1428 ib

• Vpwymburn' Sancti Egidi(j) 1268 Ass

• parochia Sancti Egidij de Upwymbourn 1340 NI

• Wymbourn St Giles 1394 Pat

• Upwymbourn(e) St Giles 1399 Cl 1494 Pat

• Up Wymborn St Giles 1494 Ipm

• St Giles Upwymbourne 16 Midd

• S. Giles Winburne 1535–43 Leland

• St Giles's 1811 OS

• Upwymburn Pleycy 1347 Cl

• Upwymbo(u)rne Plecy 1374 Pat 1403 Midd 1489 Ipm

• St Giles Upwymborn Plecy 1375 Cl

• Wymborn' Plecy 1398 Cecil

Etymology

Like Wimborne M. par. supra , named from the river here (formerly the Wimborne , now called R. Allen, v. RNs.infra ); Up means 'higher up (the river)', v. upp , cf. All Hallows infra , Upwey 1245. The affixes Malemayns and Plecy are manorial: Nicholas Malemains , Nicholas Malemeins was here in 1227 FF, 1230 Cl, and the manor belonged to Robert de Plassetis , Robert de Plecys in 1259 FF, 1275 RH, cf. Maud de Plecy 1332 SR, Peter Plecy 1403 Middy John Plecy 1489 Ipm, v. Hutch3 3578 ff. St Giles is from the dedication of the church, v. St Giles's Church infra .