Attenborough
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chilwell
Historical Forms
- Adinburcha t.Hy2 Ch 1316
- Adinburge 1280,1289 Ebor
- Hadinbur c.1240 Wollaton
- Adinburks (sic) 1255 BorRec
- Adenburgh 1401 ADvi
- Adynburgh 1439 IpmR
- Adenberow, Adenborow 1535 VE
- Adenborowe 1570 Recov
- Adingburg t.Hy2 Ch 1316 Ebor 1229
- Adingburi 1271 Ipm
- Adingburgh 1316 Ch
- Adyngbourgh 1301 Ebor
- Adyngborou 1305 Ass
- Adyngburugh 1335 ib
- Adyngburgh 1340 FF 1342 NI 1428 FA
- Adigburc c.1200 Wollaton
- Aedingburc 1205 Pap
- Adingeburc 1214 Cur
- Adingeburg 1244 Ebor
- Addingburg 1291 Tax
- Addingburgh 1330 Ass
- Addinbur 1302 FA
- Addenbroug' 1305 Ass
- Addenborough 1496 DbCh
- Addenboro 1591 DKRxxxviii
- Attenborow(e) 1617 Recov 1679 ParReg
- Attenborough al. Adenborough 1637 Recov
Etymology
'Adda 's burh,' with connective ing. Cf. Addington (PN Sr 39). In the Middle Ages, Attenborough, like Flawforth infra 239, was not a village. The name merely denoted the site of a church which served the inhabitants of Chilwell, Toton and part of Bramcote. Even in Thoroton's time the place had “few houses and no fields.”