Redbourn
Major Settlement in the Parish of Redbourn
Historical Forms
- (æt) Reodburne 11th KCD962 13th
- Redborne 1086 DB
- Redeburn 1291 Tax 1300 Ch
- Redebourn 1337 BM
- Reddeburne 1428 FA
- Redbourne Strete 1549 Pat
- Radburnam 11th Gesta
- Radbourne t.Hy5 ADvi 1500 ECP
- Radburne 1558 FF
- Rodborne 1346 ADi
Etymology
'Reed stream,' v. hreod , burna . Redburna , quod tale nomen trahit ab arundineto (Gesta i, 54). Cf. Radbourne (PN Wa 142), Rodbourne (PN W 140).