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.

East Hagbourne and West Hagbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of East and West Hagbourne

Historical Forms

  • Haccaburna, (æt) hacceburnan c.895 BCS565 12th
  • (æt) Hacceburnan 990–2 ASCharters contemporary
  • Hacheborne 1086 DB
  • Hachberna c.1180 Oxoniensiav
  • Hackeb'ne 1197 FF
  • Hakeburn' 1199 1454–5 AD
  • Westakeburn' 1241 Ass
  • Esthakeburn' 1275–6 RH
  • Esthakeburn', Westhakeburn' 1284 Ass
  • Esthakebourn', Westhakebourn' 1327 SR
  • Hagbourne 1454–5 AD
  • Westhagbourn 1517 DInc
  • West Hagborn, East Hagborn 1752 ArchJ

Etymology

Originally a stream-name, for which Pt 110–11. The etymology is probably 'Hacca's stream', v. burna .

Places in the same Parish

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