Oborne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oborne
Historical Forms
- (æt) womburnan, (apud) Woburnam (rubric) 970–75 SherC(S813) 12
- Waburnham 970–75 Cott 14
- (in) Wonburna 998 SherC(S895) 12
- Wocburne 1086 DB
- Wogburne 12 SherC
- Woburna(m) 1145 SherC 12 Sarum c.1160
- Woburn(e) 1212 P 1249 FF 1271 FineR 1285 FA 1626 Sher
- Wobourn(e) 1280 Ass 1350 Add 18 Digby 1406 Sher 1473
- Wuburn 1227 FF
- Wuborn 1268 FF
- Wouburn(e) 1268 Ass 1316 FA 1317 FF
- Wooburne 1442 Hutch3
- Wodebourne (sic) 1428 FA
- Oburne 1479 Cl 1535 VE 1569–74 Map 1575 Saxton
- Obourne 1535 VE 1774 Hutch1
- Oboorne 1567 Hutch3
Etymology
'Crooked stream', from wōh (wk.obl. wōgan , wōn ) and burna , here applied to the winding course of R. Yeo. This is a common name, cf. Woburn Bd 143, Ekwall RN 468–9; for the loss of initial W -, cf. Old Nth 128, Ullington Gl 1253, etc.