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.

Bourne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farnham

Historical Forms

  • (la) Burne 1231 Rental 1241,1255 Ass
  • la Brone 1278 Ass
  • molend. de la Bourne 1307 Rental 1346 ib
  • Bournemull 1352 Rental
  • Bournemylhill, Burnemylhyll 1548 Pat
  • the Bone 1765 R.

Etymology

Bourne is (la ) Burne 1231Rental , 1241, 1255Ass (p), la Brone 1278Ass (p), molend. de la Bourne 1307Rental , 1346 ib., Bournemull 1352Rental , Bournemylhill , Burnemylhyll 1548 Pat, the Bone 1765 R. 'Stream,' v. burna . See further supra 3. For the form Bone , cf. Bonehurst infra 292.