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.

Dryburn and Little Dryburn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Driburn 1285 For
  • Dryburne 1631 Derwent
  • litle Dryburne 1697 ib

Etymology

'Dry stream,' v. burna . The element burna is elsewhere rare in Cumberland, but normal in Nb to which physiographically this parish belongs (v. Introduction).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement