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.

Nutbourne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westbourne

Historical Forms

  • Notburn t.Hy2 Pat 1387 FF 1277
  • Notbourn 1327 SR
  • Noteburne 1296 SR
  • Neoburna 1179 P
  • Noburn 1180 P
  • Nuthburne 1288 Ass
  • Nutburne, Nutteburne 1304–7 Ipm
  • Nutbourne juxta Chudeham 1315 Ass

Etymology

'Nut-tree stream,' v. hnutu , burna .