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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ebbesborne Wake

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ebbesborne Wake

Historical Forms

  • Eblesburna 826 BCS391 12th
  • (æt) Eblesburnan 902,947,956,986(12th) 962 KCD655
  • Eblesborne 1086 DB
  • Eblesburne 1166 RBE 1222 Pat 1167 P
  • Ebelesburn(e) 1202 Cur
  • Ebulesburne 1241 FF
  • Ebbelesburne 1242 Fees 1244 StNicholas
  • Ebleburn' Simonis Wach 1167 P
  • Hebelesburn 1248 Ipm
  • Ebelesbornewak 1271 ADv
  • Eblesburne Wake 1285 Pat
  • Ebsborne 1571 SR 1641 NQvii
  • Esbourn, Ellesburn 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Ebbel 's stream,' v. burna . See further Ebble river supra 7.