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.

Stambourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Stambourne

Historical Forms

  • Stanburna 1086 DB
  • Stanburn(e) 1221–54 FF 1227–47 Pat
  • Stamburn 1221 FF 1255 Ass 1316,1317 Fine
  • Stamborne 1358 Ct
  • Stalburn 1275 RH
  • Stamborn, Magna Stanberge (Stanburgne) 1303 FA
  • Stanburn (rectius Stanburg) 1346 ib

Etymology

'Stone-stream,' v. stan , burna , with common late confusion of burna and burh .

Places in the same Parish