Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hertbu[r]ne c.1170 RD

• He'burna 1183 BB c.1382

• Hertburn 1350 Rot 1382 Hatf 1524,1526,1531 HC/CB

• Hertbourne 1385 Rot 1418 Lang

• Hertburne 1519,1522,1530–1 HC/CB

• hertborne 1560 Wills

• Herteburn' 1183 BB c.1320 AnnM c.1275

• herteburn' 1183 BB c.1320

• Herteburna 1183 BB c.1382 RD c.1190

• Herteburne 1183 BB c.1382 Ass 1235×6

• Herteburn 1208×10 Fees

• hartborne 1560 Wills

• Hartburn 1720,1721 HC/CB

• Hartburne 1722–4,1728 ib

• Esthertburn 1392 IPM

• East Hartburn 1635 Eldon

Etymology

'Stags' stream', OE  heorot, genitive pl. heorta , + burna . 'East' for distinction from West Hartburn, Middleton St George, NZ 3514, on the same stream.