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.

Albourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Albourne

Historical Forms

  • Aleburn(e) 1176–7 P 1316 FA
  • Alebourn(e) 1327,1332 SR
  • Albourne 1401 IpmR
  • Awborne 1593 Recov
  • Aburne 1699 SRS9,134

Etymology

The early history of this name is doubtless the same as that of Enborne (RN 148) which goes back to OE  alorburna , 'alder- stream,' with early loss of the r . v. alor , burna .

Places in the same Parish