Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Waseborne 1086 DB

• Wasseburn(a), Wassebo(u)rn(e) 12 Pat 1496 Tewk94d 1105 Eyre 1221 FF 1241 SR 1327

• Wassing(e)burn(e) 1287 Ass

• Wessebourn' Abbatis 1361 FF

• Was(s)heburn(e), Washburn(e), Washbo(u)rn(e) 1456 Surv 1535 VE 1540 AOMB

• Abbates Washbo(u)rn(e) 1568 WashCt

• Great Washborne 1659 Beckford

• Washbo(u)rn(e) Magna 1682 PR

Etymology

v. Little Washbourne (46supra ). It is called Abbatis 'abbot's' because it was a possession of Tewkesbury Abbey (cf. 1363 Inq aqd 528).