Bassingbourn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bassingbourn
Historical Forms
- Basingeburna 1086 ICC
- Basingborne 1086 DB
- Basingb(o)urn(e), Basyngb(o)urn(e) 1237 Fees 1443,1482 Pat 1457 FF
- Basyngburgh t.Hy2 Dugdiii
- Bas(s)i(n)gburg 1125–35,1156–8(1337) YCh
- Barsingburn' 1185 RotDom
- Bassingeb(o)urn(a), Bassyngeb(o)urn(a), Bassyngeb(o)urn(e) 1158 P 1344 Ch
- Bassinggeb(o)urn(e) 1272 Ass
- Bassingburn(e), Bassingbo(u)rn(e), Bassyngbo(u)rn(e) 1218 Fees 1553 Pat
- Bassyngbo(u)rn(e) Wessm' 1558 Eg
- Bassigburn' 1268 Ass
- Bassengburn 1359 FF
- Bassynburn 1379 Pat
- Bassynborne 1501 ADvi
- Bassenborne 1630 Ely
Etymology
Probably 'stream of the people of Basa ,' v. inga , burna . For Basa cf. OHG Baso and Basing (Ha), æt Basengum 871 ASC, ad Basyngum 945 BCS 803, Basingstoke (Ha), Embasinga stoc 990 KCD 673, Basford (PN Nt 138), DB Baseford , Bassingfield (PN Nt 236), DB Basingfelt and Bassingham (L), DB Basingeham . Wessm ' from St Peter's, Westminster , to whom Hy 7 granted lands here (L 89). Confusion of final burh and burna is fairly common.