Bourne Bank Fm and Brook
Early-attested site in the Parish of Defford
Historical Forms
- winterburne 769 BCS1235 11th
- la Burne a.1264 AOMB61 15th
- le Bourne 1393 Pat
Etymology
v. burna . The first reference is from the boundaries of Croome and it is clearly the stream which first forms the bounds between Croome d'Abitot and Defford and afterwards between Defford and Strensham.