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.

Aldingbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldingbourne

Historical Forms

  • Aldingburne 683 BCS 14th BCS 692 14th
  • Ealdingburnan c.880 BCS553 c.1000
  • Ældyngborna 957 BCS997 13th
  • Aldingeborne 1086 DB
  • Aldingeburne 1227–33 Ch
  • Audinggeburn 1230 P
  • Audingburn 1222,1225 FF
  • Allyngbourne 1412 FA 1431 FF

Etymology

'Ealda's stream,' v. burna , with the same connective use of ing as in the ingtun-names.