Little Washbourne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Little Washbourne
Historical Forms
- æt Uassanburnan 780 BCS236 11th
- Uuassanburna 840 11th ib
- (æt) Wasseburne 780 HMC(1911)202 c.1000 KCD616 977 Cur 11th Eyre 1203 1221
- Wassebourne 1286,1295 Episc 1327 SR 1428 FA
- Wassaburna 840 HMC(1911)207 c.1000
- Waseburne 1086 DB
- Kinges Wasborne 1568 WashCt
- Wasshburn 1348 Cl
- Knyghts Wassheborne 1492 Ipm
- little Washborne 1642 FF
- Knights Washbourne 1694 PR
Etymology
'Stream in the swamp', v. wæsse , burna (cf. Wo 176, RN 436–7); the stream is a small affluent of the Carrant. The place is distinguished from Great Washbourne (51infra ) as 'Little' and 'Knights' (from some unidentified knightly tenant).