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.
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Burn
Burn
Early-attested site in the Parish of Silverton
Historical Forms
Borna
1086
DB
Burne
1242
Fees789
Borne juxta Sillerton
1378
IpmR
Etymology
'The stream,'
v.
burna
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Perry
Livingshayes
Ruffwell Fm
Stockwell Ho
Moorland
Dunsmoor
Hayne Ho
Keens
Land Fm
Early-attested site
Dorweeke
Greenslinch
Monk Culm
Silverton Park
Yard Fm and Yard Downs
Major Settlement
Silverton