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.

Lilbourn

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA 1841 MC
  • Lilborne 1595 FMap
  • a pasture called Lilburne 1595 FMap

Etymology

Lilbourn 1839, 1841(Lilborne 15951, a pasture called Lilburne 15952; the forms are too late tosuggest a plausible etymology)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement