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.

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 .