Lambourne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lambourne
Historical Forms
- Lamburnā 1086 DB
- Lamburn(e) 1199 FF 1239 For
- Lamborn(e) 1212 RBE 1271 FF
- Lambourn(e) 1291 Tax 1296 Ipm
- Lanburn 1200 RBE
- Lamberne 1200 Cur
- Laumburn(e) 1254 FF 1275 RH
Etymology
Probably 'loam-stream,' v. lam , burna . Cf. on lamburnan … on þa lam pyttas in Welford (Berks) (BCS 877), though 'lamb- stream' is also possible.