English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Morborne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Morborne

Historical Forms

  • Morburn(e) 1086 DB 1276 RH 1286 Ass 1385 Cl 1428 FF
  • Morborne 1255 For 1535 VE
  • Morreborne, Molburne 1286 Ass
  • Morbourne 1316 FA 1327 SR
  • Marborn 1610 Speed
  • Marborn al. Marbon 1675 Ogilby
  • Marbon or Morbourne c.1750 Bowen

Etymology

'Swampy-land stream' v. mor , burna .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site