Melbourne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornton
Historical Forms
- Middelburne, Midelborne 1086 DB
- Mileburn 1200 ChR
- Medeburg (sic) 1227 FF
- Methel(e)burn' 1230 P 1279 Ass 1342 SR
- Mechelburn 1276 RH 1415 YI
- Medelbornne 1285 YI
- Medelburn 1350 Ipm
- Meldeburn 1285 Baildon
- Mel(l)eburn 13th Warter
- Melburn(e) 1305 YI 1540 FF
- Melborne 1463 Pat 1583 NCWills
Etymology
'Middle stream,' v. middel (later replaced by OScand meðal), burna . The Mechel -spellings are errors for Methel -.