Desborough
Major Settlement in the Parish of Desborough
Historical Forms
- Dereburg 1086 DB
- Dereburc' 1200 Cur
- Derebr' 1202 Ass
- Deresburc 1166 P 1255 Seld13
- Dersburg 1225 ClR
- Derisboru 1384 Fine
- Desburc 1197 FF
- Desburch 1205 Pap
- Desburg' 1246 Cl
- Deseburg 12th Survey 1393 Cl
- Deseburg supra Rowell 1255 Seld13
- Desseburgh c.1220 For
- Deseburgh et non Desburgh 1305 Ass
- Desbrow al. Desborough 1705 Recov
Etymology
'Dēor 's burh,' cf. Darsdale infra 195 and Desford (Lei), DBDeresford . Supra Rowell is difficult to understand unless it means 'beyond Rothwell' in relation to Kettering or, possibly, Northampton.