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.

Howbourne Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hadlow Down

Etymology

Howbourne Fm is Owborne al. Woborne 1591, 1592, Houghborne 1701 SRS 20, 335. The stream is a winding one and the name may be from woh and burna .