Woburn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Woburn
Historical Forms
- Woburninga gemære 969 BCS1229
- Woberne 1086 DB
- Woburne 1086 DB
- Wobburn 1130,1159,1164 P
- Weburna 1170 P
- Wuburn 1202 Ass Hy3 BM 1227 Ass 1235 Cl 1240,1241 FF 1245 Ch 1247 Ass 1252 FF 1268 Pat
- Wouburn 1202 Ass 1271 FF 1295 Ipm 1299 Ch 1305,1320,1334 Cl 1337 1364,1381 Cl 1389 IpmR
- Wburne 1227 Ass
- Wubburn 1236 FF
- Woughburne 1307 Ass
- Wobourne 1332,1364,1376–7 Cl
- Woubourn 1332 1334,1381 Cl
- Wooburn 1526 LS
- Woburn or Woobourne c.1750 Bowen
Etymology
'Winding stream,' a compound of OE woh, 'twisted,' and burna. Cf. Woburn (Sr, W).