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.

Aldbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldbourne

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Ealdincburnan c.970 ASWills
  • Audingeburn' 1226 ClR
  • Aldeborne 1086 DB
  • Aldeburna 1165 P 1454 IpmR
  • Aldiburna 1181 P 1230 Cl
  • Aldyburna 1289 Ass
  • Audiburne 1217 ClR 1229 Ch 1229,1250 Cl 1242 Fees 1248 Pat
  • Audiborn(e) 1232 Lacock 1456 PCC
  • Andeburne 1198 Abbr 1214 ClR 1275 RH
  • Oldeborne 1347 WIpm
  • Aldbourne 1418 FF
  • Alburne 1476 Pat
  • Albourne 1535 VE
  • Alborne al. Aldiborne 1535 FF
  • Auldeborne 1573 ib
  • Alborne al. Aldeborne al. Awborne 1682 Recov
  • Auburn 1685 AubreyNH

Etymology

'Ealda 's stream,' v. ing , burna .