Survey of English Place-Names

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.”