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.

Ambrosden

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ambrosden

Historical Forms

  • Ameresdone 1086 DB
  • Hambresdune c.1152 BC c.1444
  • Hanbresdun 1220 Fees
  • Ambrosdon' 1185–9 S c.1280
  • Ambrosedene 1526 LS
  • Ambresden' 1194 P 1581 BM
  • Amberden 1237 Fees c.1300
  • Ambredone 1272 Ipm
  • Ambredon' 1275–6 RH
  • Ambreden 1357 Cl
  • Aumbr(esdon) 1300 Ipm
  • Aumbresden 1304 Ipm 1316 FA
  • Aumberdene 1370 AD
  • Amersden 1581 BM

Etymology

'*Ambre 's hill,' v. dūn . For the personal name, which is cognate with the recorded OGer  Ambri , v. PN W 359.

Places in the same Parish

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