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.

Lodburn

Other OS name in the Parish of Powerstock

Historical Forms

  • Hr Lodburn, Lr Lodburn & Middle Lodburn 1839 TA

Etymology

, Hr Lodburn , Lr Lodburn & Middle Lodburn 1839TA , possible ' noisy stream ' , v. hlūd , burna , but cf. the different origin of Lodbourn 315 and Ludbourne 3361 ; the stream referred to rises at South Poorton and feeds into Mangerton River .