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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bournes Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bisley

Historical Forms

  • Bourne in parochia de Biseleye 1394 Ass
  • the Borne 1638 Inq
  • Bourne 1647 FF

Etymology

Bournes Green, 1830 M, Bourne in parochia de Biseleye 1394Ass , the Borne 1638 Inq, Bourne 1647FF , cf. also Burnemede 1459, 1494MinAcct , Bornegrove 1609AOMB . v. burna 'stream', here one running into the Frome between Oakridge and Chalford; it is distinct from Bourne (140infra ) in Thrupp.