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.

New Fishbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of New Fishbourne

Historical Forms

  • Fiseborne 1086 DB
  • Fiseburn 1272 Ch
  • Fissaburna c.1090 France
  • Fisseburn(e) 1180 P 1225 ClR 1248 Ass
  • Visseburn 1279 Ass
  • Fyssheborne 1289,1315 Misc
  • Est Fissheburne 1302 Ass

Etymology

'Fishes' stream,' v. burna . East or New to distinguish from West or Old Fishbourne, v. supra 58.

Places in the same Parish