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.

Pangbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pangbourne

Historical Forms

  • (at) Peginga burnan, Pægeinge burnan 844 BCS443 c.1240
  • Pangeborne, Pandeborne 1086 DB
  • Pangeburna c.1160 OxonCh
  • Pankebourne 1412 FA
  • Pangbourn 1517 DInc

Etymology

'Stream of Pǣga's people', v. -inga-, burna , and 16.