Melbourne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Melbourne
Historical Forms
- Mileburne 1086 DB
- Mel(e)burna, Mel(e)burn(e), Mel(e)born', Mel(e)bourn(e) e.Hy2 AddCh 1163,1164,1165,1166,1167,1168,1169,1170 P
- Melleburna, Melleburn(e), Melleborn(a) c.1190 Danelaw c.1200 France 1212 Fees 1233–52 Ch 1251,1252 Cl 1330 QW
Etymology
Probably 'mill stream', v. myln , burna , as Ekwall (DEPN) suggests, though one would hardly have expected the -e - form to have persisted in this county.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- All Hooks
- Blakemoor Ho
- Breach Lane
- Calke Mill
- Cannary Lane
- Castle
- Castle Pit Hill
- Charnell Hills
- Cliff Hill Plantation
- Cockshut Lane
- The Coppice
- Gun Croft
- The Hall
- Holy Well
- Lambert's Quarry
- Lilypool
- Melbourne Parks
- Mount Pleasant
- Newton's Corner
- New York
- The Pool
- Quarry Wood
- Quick Close
- Ramsley Wood
- Riding Bank
- Robinson's Hill
- The Roundlet
- Scots Bridge
- Shaw Ho
- Stanton Barn
- Ward's Lane
- The Wiggs
- Woodhouses