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.

Attleborough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuneaton

Historical Forms

  • Atreberga c.1150 AddCh
  • Atteleberga 1155–9 France
  • Atleberga late12th Dane
  • Atlebergh(e) 1247 FF 1275 RH
  • Attlebergh(e) 1317 AD
  • Attelesberge 1297 Ass
  • Attilberg 1249 CartMisc
  • Attelburge c.1308 ADi
  • Attelberewe 1310 FF
  • Attelbergh 1337 ADii
  • Attilburugh 1370 ib
  • Artlebury al. Attleborowe 1604 FF
  • Hartylborrowe 1605 ib

Etymology

'Ætla 's hill,' v. beorg . Cf. Ritter 114. For the pers. name cf. Attlefield (PN Nth 24) and Addlestone (PN Sr 107). For the first form v. IPN 106.