Wrabness
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wrabness
Historical Forms
- Wrabenasā 1086 DB
- Wrabenase 1233–1319 FF 1313 Ch 1428 FA
- Wrabenese 1248 Ass
- Wrabenass(e) 1254 1263 Ipm
- Wrabenose 1279 Pat 1310 Ch 1326 FF
- Wrabeneise 13th ADii
- Wrabeneyse 1304 FF 1310 Ch
- Wrabenesse 1312 FF
- Wrabenissam 14th Pinchbeck
- Wraubenes 1272 Ass
- Wralbenase 1274 RH 1291 Tax
- Wrab(e)nas(s)h(e) 1319–27 SR t.Hy8 Dugdiv 1563 Ct
- Wrab(e)nays 1535 VE
- Wrab(e)neshe 1563 Ct
- Wrab(e)nes 1594 N
- Wrabbenase 1331 Londin
- Wrabbenasse 1371 IpmR
- Wravnes alias Wravnasse 1605 EAvii
- Wrabnish 1654 Indexvi
Etymology
'Wrabba 's projecting land,' v. næss . Wrab (b )a is not found independently in OE, but is found also in Rapton (Sf), Wrabetun 12th BM, whilst its existence is supported by the surname of William Wrabbe in a Somerset Assize Roll for 1256. Cf. also Wrabessclogh t. Hy 3 AD iii, Wrabesloth n.d. AD ii in Sproughton (Sf). For -nassh cf. Paris Hall supra 87, and for v < b cf. Bobbingworth supra 52.