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.

Warborough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Warborough

Historical Forms

  • Wardeberg 1200 Cur
  • Warberge 1200 Cur
  • Warborewe alias Warberwe 1304 Ipm
  • Werdeberge 1206 FF
  • Wareberge 1231 Os 1379–80 AD
  • Wardburg' 1275–6,1278–9 RH
  • Werberewe 1285 Ass

Etymology

'Watch hill,' v. weard , be(o)rg.