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.

Warbleton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Warbleton

Historical Forms

  • Warborgetone 1086 DB
  • Warberton(e) 1166 RBE 1262 Ass
  • Warburton(e) 1211 RBE
  • Waberton 1203 Cur
  • Walberton 1340 NI
  • Warblinton, Warblynton 1242 Fees692 1248 Ass 1309 Pat
  • Warbelyngton 1279 Ass
  • Warbilthun t.Hy3 BM
  • Warbilton 1320 Misc 1407 IpmR
  • Warbelton 1273 Ipm 1351 Ipm
  • Warbleton 1368 Ch 1404 IpmR
  • Warbulton 1277 FF
  • Warplington 1279 Ass
  • Warblington or Warbelton 1332,1351 Ipm
  • Walburton 1412 FA

Etymology

'Farm of a woman named Wǣrburh ' (v. tun ) with later persistent attempts to make it conform to the ingtun-type. For the l -forms cf. IPN 106.