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.

Hawksbourne Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horsham

Historical Forms

  • Alpesburne (sic) 1242 Fees689
  • Alkeburn, Alkeborn 1268 Ipm
  • Alkesburne 1279 Ass 1456 IpmR
  • Awxburne al. Alkesborne 1572 SAC33,200
  • Alkesborne or Hawkesborne 1664 FF

Etymology

'Ealh's stream,' v. burna , Ealh being a pet-form of one of the numerous OE  pers. names in Ealh -. Cf. Austford infra 525 and Awkley (Gl), Alkeleye 1257 Ipm, from the weak form Ealha .