Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Aneborne, Tanebvrne 1086 DB

• Aneburna 1167 P

• Aneburn' 1223 Cur

• Eneburna 1170 P

• Heneburne 1237 Cl

• Est Eneburn' 1294 SR

• West Eneburne, Est Eneburne 1316 FA

• Esteneneborne (sic), Westeneborne 1390 AD

• Estenborne 1448 ib

• Estenborne and Westenborne, alias Enborne Cheyney 1615–16 PubLib

• Enedburn' 1220 Fees

• Enedeburn' 1248 Cl 1284 Ass

• Enedeburne 1292 Ch

• Estenedeburne 1324 AD

• Enedeborne 1353 Ipm

• Endebourne 1412,1428 FA

• Estendeborne 1429 AD

• Eineburn' 1224 Cur

Etymology

'Duck stream', v. ened , burna . The forms with A - are due to French influence, and the DB form with T - may be due to a prefixed æt . The stream in question is not the present Enborne River, which had a different name until at least 1761, v. Pt 19. It is probably the stream which flows into the Kennet from S. and E. of Enborne village.

East and West Enborne were different manors. The manor of West Enborne was granted to the king by John Cheney in 1542, in exchange for the manor of Kintbury (VCH iv, 170).