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.

Southburn

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkburn

Historical Forms

  • Sudburne 1086 DB
  • Sutheburne 1276 RH
  • Southburn(e) 1379 Poll 1530 FF
  • Suthburnus 1196–1212 YCh669
  • Suthbrun(e) 1234 FF 1316 NomVill 1333 SR 1334 Deod
  • Suthbrunne 1234 FF c.1300 Guisb 1301 YI 1331 FF
  • Sutbrunne 1274 YI
  • Suze Brun(n)e 1299 YI
  • Sowborne 1567 FF

Etymology

v. Eastburn and Kirkburn supra 166.

Places in the same Parish