Nunburnholme
Major Settlement in the Parish of Nunburnholme
Historical Forms
- Brunha' 1086 DB
- Brunham 1285 KI
- Brunum 12th Warter 1199 1231 FF 1255 Pat 1259 Ass
- Brunu' 1230 P
- Brunom 1316 NomVill
- Brounom 1345 FF
- Brunnum t.Ric1 Ch 1308 YI 1418
- Brunnum juxta Wartre 1275 Ebor
- Brunnom 1239,1306 Ebor
- Brunn 1234 Cl
- Brunne 1280,1282,1286 Ebor
- Brune 1342 SR
- Burnum 1260 FF
- Burnom 1402 Test
- Brunhum 1268 Ebor 1285 KI 1303 YI 1337 FF
- Brunhom 1303 KF 1359 Ipm 1375 FF
- Burneham 1444 Test
- Burn(e)holm(e) 1521 Test
- Nonneburn(e)holm(e) 1543 FF
- Nuneburn(e)holm(e) 1650 ParlSurv
- Nonnebrynholme 1530 Test
Etymology
Probably 'at the streams' from OScand (i ) brunnum , dat. pl. of brunnr. There are many springs and little streams called runnels round about. Ekwall (DEPN s. n .), laying stress on the DB form, suggests an OE burna-hamm . 'Nun' from the Benedictine Nunnery here.