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.

Iburndale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Iburne, Yburn(e) 1258–65,1270,1308,1311 Whitby
  • Iborne 1382 Whitby
  • Iburndall 1349 Whitby
  • Ibornedale 1573 FF

Etymology

v. burna , dæl . The first element should be compared with OE  on yburnan BCS 1290 (Mx), Iden (Sx), DBIdene , and Ifield (Sx). DB Ifelt . Professor Ekwall suggests that the first element is OE  iw with loss of w before the following labial, at least in Iburn and Ifield.