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.

Desborough Hundred

Hundred in the County of Buckinghamshire

Historical Forms

  • Dustenberg 1086 DB
  • Dusteberg 1175 P Ri P 1227,1241,1247 Ass
  • Dustleberg Ri P 1316 FA
  • Dustelberg 1195 Cur(P) 1241 Ass
  • Dustebrug' 1195 Cur(P)
  • Duslebergh 1241 Ass
  • Dosteberge 1255 RH
  • Dustleberewe 1262 Ass
  • Dusteburgh 1265 Misc
  • Desburue 1284 FA
  • Dusteborwe 1302 FA
  • Dosteborowe 1346 FA
  • Dysborowe 1526 LP